Religion
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Due to the First Amendment, which grants freedom of religion , there ...
Due to the First Amendment, which grants freedom of religion , there is a diversity of religious beliefs and practices in the U.S.
Subject: Religious Studies Sociology Material Type: Reading Provider: LibreTexts Date Added: 03/11/2021
Religion in the United States is characterized by both a wide diversity ...
Religion in the United States is characterized by both a wide diversity in religious beliefs and practices and by a high adherence level.
Subject: Religious Studies Sociology Material Type: Reading Provider: LibreTexts Date Added: 03/11/2021
Christianity is the largest religion in the United States, with around 77% ...
Christianity is the largest religion in the United States, with around 77% of the population identifying itself as Christian.
Subject: Religious Studies Sociology Material Type: Reading Provider: LibreTexts Date Added: 03/11/2021
Ecumenism mainly refers to initiatives aimed at creating greater Christian unity or ...
Ecumenism mainly refers to initiatives aimed at creating greater Christian unity or cooperation.
Subject: Religious Studies Sociology Material Type: Reading Provider: LibreTexts Date Added: 03/11/2021
Religion plays a “very important” role in the lives of most Americans; ...
Religion plays a “very important” role in the lives of most Americans; a proportion unique among developed nations
Subject: Religious Studies Sociology Material Type: Reading Provider: LibreTexts Date Added: 03/11/2021
Most modern Western societies are recognized as secular because they enjoy near-complete ...
Most modern Western societies are recognized as secular because they enjoy near-complete freedom of religion.
Subject: Religious Studies Sociology Material Type: Reading Provider: LibreTexts Date Added: 03/11/2021
Protestantism is one of the major umbrella religions in the U.S., and ...
Protestantism is one of the major umbrella religions in the U.S., and is constantly evolving in response to political and social changes.
Subject: Religious Studies Sociology Material Type: Reading Provider: LibreTexts Date Added: 03/11/2021
Catholicism has a long history in the U.S., with the Catholic Church ...
Catholicism has a long history in the U.S., with the Catholic Church the single largest religious denomination
Subject: Religious Studies Sociology Material Type: Reading Provider: LibreTexts Date Added: 03/11/2021
American Jews, also known as Jewish Americans, are American citizens of the ...
American Jews, also known as Jewish Americans, are American citizens of the Jewish faith or Jewish ethnicity. The Jewish community in the United States is composed predominantly of Ashkenazi Jews who emigrated from Central and Eastern Europe, and their U.S.-born descendants. Minorities from all Jewish ethnic divisions are also represented, including Sephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, and a number of converts. The American Jewish community manifests a wide range of Jewish cultural traditions, as well as encompassing the full spectrum of Jewish religious observance.
Subject: Religious Studies Sociology Material Type: Reading Provider: LibreTexts Date Added: 03/11/2021
The American Muslim population is a racially diverse group that has been ...
The American Muslim population is a racially diverse group that has been present in the U.S. since before the Civil War
Subject: Religious Studies Sociology Material Type: Reading Provider: LibreTexts Date Added: 03/11/2021
There are correlations between the degree of religious belief in society and ...
There are correlations between the degree of religious belief in society and social factors like mortality rates, wealth and happiness.
Subject: Religious Studies Sociology Material Type: Reading Provider: LibreTexts Date Added: 03/11/2021
The main religious preferences in the Unites States include (in order): Christianity, ...
The main religious preferences in the Unites States include (in order): Christianity, unaffiliate, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism.
Subject: Religious Studies Sociology Material Type: Reading Provider: LibreTexts Date Added: 03/11/2021
The early life of Muhammad including his work as a merchant, his ...
The early life of Muhammad including his work as a merchant, his marriage to Khadijah, his early revelations and the persecution of early Muslims by his own Quraysh tribe.
Subject: Religious Studies Material Type: Lesson Provider: Khan Academy Date Added: 03/10/2021
Why did Buddhism emerge when and where it did? Are there other ...
Why did Buddhism emerge when and where it did? Are there other historical parallels to the emergence of Buddhism?
Subject: Religious Studies Material Type: Lesson Provider: Khan Academy Date Added: 03/12/2021
Overview of the changing relationship between the Roman Empire and Christianity from ...
Overview of the changing relationship between the Roman Empire and Christianity from the time of Jesus to the reign of Theodosius.
Subject: Religious Studies Material Type: Lesson Provider: Khan Academy Date Added: 03/11/2021
Core spiritual ideas of Buddhism by way of comparison with ideas from ...
Core spiritual ideas of Buddhism by way of comparison with ideas from the Hindu Upanishads.
Subject: Religious Studies Material Type: Lesson Provider: Khan Academy Date Added: 03/12/2021
An overview of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the ...
An overview of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the birth of Christianity.
Subject: Religious Studies Material Type: Lesson Provider: Khan Academy Date Added: 03/11/2021
An overview of the stories of the Torah (first 5 books of ...
An overview of the stories of the Torah (first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament).
Subject: Religious Studies Material Type: Lesson Provider: Khan Academy Date Added: 03/12/2021
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