Sociology › Section O · Religion › Topic O.3
Religion in the United States
The United States has no official religion, yet faith runs through its history, its politics and its neighbourhoods. Recent survey data show a country that is still fairly religious by the standards of wealthy nations, but less uniformly Christian than a generation ago.
In this topic
- Religion as a force for change
- Liberation theology
- Megachurches
- How religious is the United States?
- The rise of the nones
- The secularisation debate
- Church and state
- Worked example: three prayers at a stadium
- Worked example: reading the nones data
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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