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08 Nov 10
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So many Americans claim no religion at all (15%, up from 8% in 1990), that this category now outranks every other major U.S. religious group except Catholics and Baptists. In a nation that has long been mostly Christian, "the challenge to Christianity … does not come from other religions but from a rejection of all forms of organized religion," the report concludes.
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• Catholic strongholds in New England and the Midwest have faded as immigrants, retirees and young job-seekers have moved to the Sun Belt. While bishops from the Midwest to Massachusetts close down or consolidate historic parishes, those in the South are scrambling to serve increasing numbers of worshipers.
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Baptists, 15.8% of those surveyed, are down from 19.3% in 1990. Mainline Protestant denominations, once socially dominant, have seen sharp declines: The percentage of Methodists, for example, dropped from 8% to 5%.
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The percentage of those who choose a generic label, calling themselves simply Christian, Protestant, non-denominational, evangelical or "born again," was 14.2%, about the same as in 1990.
• Jewish numbers showed a steady decline, from 1.8% in 1990 to 1.2% today. The percentage of Muslims, while still slim, has doubled, from 0.3% to 0.6%. Analysts within both groups suggest those numbers understate the groups' populations.
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Catholic 57.2 26.2% 25.1% -1.1% 
Baptist 36.1 19.3% 15.8% -3.5% No religion 34.2 8.2% 15.0% 6.8% Christian, generic 32.4 14.8% 14.2% -0.6% Mainline Protestant 29.4 18.7% 12.9% -5.8% Don't Know/Refused 11.8 2.3% 5.2% 2.9% Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.0 3.2% 3.5% 0.3% Protestant denominations 7.1 2.6% 3.1% 0.5% Mormon/latter-day Saints 3.2 1.4% 1.4% 0.0% New movements (such as Wiccan), other religions 2.8 0.8% 1.2% 0.4% Jewish 2.7 1.8% 1.2% -0.6% Eastern religions 2.0 0.4% 0.9% 0.5% Muslim 1.4 0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
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16 Mar 09
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Nathan ReinThis article -- on the results of the new ARIS survey -- has attracted a fair amount of attention. I really ought to read it.
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Steve BossermanWhen it comes to religion, the USA is now land of the freelancers.
The percentage. of people who call themselves in some way Christian has dropped more than 11% in a generation. The faithful have scattered out of their traditional bases: The Bible Belt i -
Bealzes BudWhen it comes to religion, the USA is now land of the freelancers. The percentage of people who call themselves in some way Christian has dropped more than 11% in a generation.
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Andrew DeVigal"A new study shows American's shifting spiritual choices, including rising numbers of people with no religion, within a generation."
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Mike SeidleWhen it comes to religion, the USA is now land of the freelancers. The percentage of people who call themselves in some way Christian has dropped more than 11% in a generation.
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