Religion survey holds surprises: Catholic blacks graduate, big churches boom. (book, 'One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society' by Barry A. Kosmin and Seymour P. Lachman)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: December 17, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - In the United States today black Catholics are more educated than other blacks and white Protestants, "mega-churches" are in among baby boomers, most Catholics live in the Northeast and most Irish-Americans are Protestant, not Catholic.

These observations and perhaps all you ever wanted to know about the social impact and importance of religion in America can be found in the new book, One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society. In it, the authors, Barry A. Kosmin and Seymour P. Lachman, report and analyze the findings of the most ...

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