African immigrants in U.S. more religious than other Black Americans, and more likely to be Catholic
Immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa tend to be more religious than U.S.-born Black adults or immigrants from the Caribbean.
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Immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa tend to be more religious than U.S.-born Black adults or immigrants from the Caribbean.
Nearly all Black Americans believe in God or a higher power. But what type of God do they have in mind?
Majorities of Black adults say predominantly Black churches have done at least some to help Black Americans.
Teens in the South express their religion in school more often than teens in other parts of the United States.
In addition to government actions, there also was a dramatic increase in Europe in some measures of social hostility to religion.
The global Muslim population is more concentrated in Islam’s main population centers than the global Christian population is for Christianity.
About half of black Muslims are converts to Islam, a relatively high conversion level. Black Muslims, like black Americans overall, have high levels of religious commitment.
The American Muslim community is facing some challenges. Yet for most U.S. Muslims, these problems only partially define their personal experiences in America.
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