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Spirituality Among Americans
SBNRs are more likely than religious-and-spiritual Americans to say animals, places, objects can have spirits
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- Spirituality Among Americans
- Most Americans believe people have a soul or spirit
- Most spiritual Americans say being connected with ‘something bigger than myself’ is essential to being spiritual
- Roughly half of Americans believe that animals, graveyards and parts of nature can have spirits or spiritual energies
- 42% of Americans believe the dead can communicate with the living
- 44% of Americans say they feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and well-being at least once or twice a month
- 45% of Americans have ever had a sudden feeling of connection with something from beyond this world
- Many Americans say they explore nature or center themselves mainly to connect with their ‘true self’ or with something bigger than themselves
- 48% of Americans have at least one of the following for spiritual purposes
- 22% of Americans are spiritual but not religious
- By several measures, SBNRs are no more spiritual than Americans who are both religious and spiritual
- SBNRs are more likely than religious-and-spiritual Americans to say animals, places, objects can have spirits