Black adults in the U.S. South more likely than those in other regions to attend a Black congregation
Black Southerners diverge from other Black Americans – especially Northeasterners and Westerners – in other ways when it comes to religion.
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Black Southerners diverge from other Black Americans – especially Northeasterners and Westerners – in other ways when it comes to religion.
75% of Black Americans say that opposing racism is essential to their faith or sense of morality, a view that extends across faith traditions.
Today, most Black adults say they rely on prayer to help make major decisions, and view opposing racism as essential to their religious faith.
Most Black Catholic churchgoers are racial minorities in their congregations, unlike White and Hispanic Catholics – and Black Protestants
Immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa tend to be more religious than U.S.-born Black adults or immigrants from the Caribbean.
When it comes to choosing a house of worship, most Black Americans don’t prioritize denominational labels.
58% of U.S. adults say they do not believe “we are living in the end times” – the destruction of the world as we know it.
Majorities of Black adults say predominantly Black churches have done at least some to help Black Americans.
Nearly all Black Americans believe in God or a higher power. But what type of God do they have in mind?
More than eight-in-ten people who say the U.S. should be a Christian nation (86%) are themselves Christian.
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