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The following is a list of indigenous American religions those still survive to some degree at the beginning of the 21st century: [188] [182] Alaska Native religions, Abenaki, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe, Midewiwin society), Apache, Blackfoot, Californian (Kuksu religion, Miwok, Ohlone and Pomo), Choctaw, Crow, Haida, Ho-Chunk, Iroquois (Cherokee ...
Pages in category "Religious belief systems founded in the United States" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Religious belief systems founded in the United States (6 C, 82 P) ... Native American religion (15 C, 93 P) O. Religious organizations based in the United States ...
While the word religion is difficult to define, one standard model of religion used in religious studies courses defines it as [a] system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations ...
Religion has been a major influence on art, culture, philosophy and law of the continent. Between them, the United States, Mexico and Canada account for 85 percent of the population of North America. Religion in each of these countries is dominated by Christianity (77.4), [2] [3] making it the largest religious group in North America.
Mesoamerican religion, a group of indigenous religions of Mesoamerica that were prevalent in the pre-Columbian era; Religion in Latin America. Religion in Central America; Religion in South America; African diaspora religions, or Afro-American religions, a number of related religions that developed in the Americas in various nations of the ...
A 2014 Pew Research poll found that the states with the greatest percentage of respondents who stated that religion was "very important" or "somewhat important" to their lives were Alabama (90%) and Louisiana (90%), while the state with the smallest percentage was Vermont (57%).
Mount Sinai Holy Church of America, 1924; Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God, 1944; Black theology, 1966; Native American Church, 1800 (19th century) [5] Reformed Mennonites, 1812; Restoration Movement, 1800s; various subgroups of Amish, throughout 19th and 20th centuries; American Unitarian Association, 1825