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| Denomination | Membership in millions |
| Roman Catholic Church | 60.191 |
| Baptist Churches * | 36.613 |
| Non-religious * | 23.0 |
| Methodist Churches | 13.533 |
| Pentecostal Churches * | 10.606 |
| Lutheran Churches | 8.35 |
| Eastern Orthodox Churches | 5.302 |
| Islam | 5.1 (estimates vary greatly) |
| Latter-Day Saints * | 4.766 (Mormon) |
| Judaism | 4.3 |
| Presbyterian Churches | 4.193 |
| Episcopal Church | 2.505 |
| Reformed Churches | 2.039 |
| Churches of Christ | 1.651 |
| Atheists * | 1.5 |
| Neopagans * | 1.0 (estimates vary greatly) |
* Believed to be rapidly increasing in numbers (on a percentage basis)
World status
The 1999 Catholic Almanac reports that there are 61.5 million Catholics in the U.S.; they comprise 22.7% of the population. This makes the United States the third largest Roman Catholic country in the world, after Brazil and Mexico. These numbers are probably inflated, relative to most Protestant and other religious groups because the Catholic church counts as members everyone who has been baptized into the faith.
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Books on the diversity of American religions:
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 | Robert Broderick, "The Catholic Encyclopedia," Thomas Nelson, (1990). Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store. Discusses beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| Stephen Galzier, "Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions," Routledge (2001). Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store |
| Norman Geisler, "Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics," Baker Book House, (1999). Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store This is written from a conservative Christian perspective. |
| M.P. Hall, "The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Quabbalistic & Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy," Philosophical Res. soc. (1994). Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store |
| Arlene Hirshfelder, et al., "Encyclopedia of Native American Religions: An Introduction," Facts on File, Inc., (1999). Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store |
| J. Gordon Melton, "Encyclopedia of American Religions: Rel Creeds 3," Gale Group, (2002-AUG). Not yet published. Read reviews or place an order for this book to be shipped later |
| Larry Murphy, et al., "Encyclopedia of African American Religions," Garland Publ., (1993). Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store |
Reference:
- The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1997, World Almanac Books, Mahwah NJ
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