Religion in the United

States.Xiaoming Zhou, Kamilla Peixoto

Overview

Religion Distribution in the U.S.

How Americans feel about religious groups.

Influence of Religions on Society

1) Science

2) Marriage

3) Politics

Survey

Religion in the U.S.A

• First Amendment to the country's Constitution :

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Religion Distribution

• Big Diversity

• 6 in 10 Americans said that religion plays an important role in their lives

Religion Distribution in 2014

How American feel

• “Feeling thermometer” (0-100)

• Jews, Catholics and evangelical Christians(61-63)

• Buddhists, Hindus and Mormons(48-53)

• Atheists and Muslims(40-41)

Other Factors

Other factors

• Rating within same group

• Different age group

Science

Politics-2014 National Vote by Religion

( 2006,2010,2014)

Same-Sex Marriage

Same-Sex Marriage

Survey

60%20%

20%

Religion Distribution

Christian Buddist None

Survey

Marriage between people with different religion

Religion has influence on the choice of an future spouse

Gay marriage

Family's opinion about gay marriage

Religion has influence on their opinion on Politics

Religion has influence on their opinion on science

Religion has influence on their opinion on Bioethics

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Religious influence

No religion Buddist Christian

% of Agreement

Axis

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Sources

• http://www.pewforum.org/2014/07/16/how-americans-feel-about-religious-groups/

• http://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/05/how-the-faithful-voted-2014-preliminary-analysis/

• http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/03/18/where-christian-churches-stand-on-gay-marriage/

• http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/10/30/5-facts-about-evolution-and-religion/

• https://www.wpi.edu/offices/multicultural/diversity.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States