White Christians Are Now a Minority in 19 US States
White Christian men have long been the primary movers and shakers in American politics and culture. All 43 U.S. presidents, with the exception of Barack Obama–who was born to a white mother and a black father–were white Christians. However, the American landscape is changing. White Christians, once the majority virtually everywhere in the United States, […]
Utah, Vermont on Opposite Ends of US Religion Spectrum
Utah is the most religious state in the union and Vermont just might be the least pious. While 51 percent of Utah residents say they attend church each week, only 17 percent of Vermonters visit their house of worship every week. Four southern states are also among America’s most frequent church attendees. Residents of Mississippi, Alabama, […]
Majority of Americans Believe God Rewards Religious Athletes
Forty years ago, after a professional American football player threw the game-winning pass, he told reporters that before throwing the ball, “I closed my eyes and said a ‘Hail Mary’ [prayer].” There’s no way to confirm whether a higher being had a hand in the outcome of that game, but it turns out that more […]