ReligionBasics5

NAME: _________________________ Major Religions: The Basics Now let’s focus more on the number of followers for each religion as well as for several different Christian denominations. Use the resources provided to find out how many followers for each religion are in your state and your county. I’ve given you the counts for the world and the USA for comparison. Note: the shaded spaces do not seem to be indicated in the sources provided. If you can find reasonable information at some other source, bonus points for you (please provide the URL for the source). If some information seems unavailable you may indicate “NA” in the space in the chart. But be warned: your “NA” notation will be checked against the ARDA resource and if the information is present, your NA will be counted as a blank (=wrong, for grading purposes). Putting a zero instead of NA or leaving an NA blank will both be counted as wrong. Christian Denominations: In the world* (2020) In the USA (2020) In your state ( indicate which state): In your county ( indicate which county): Catholicism 1.345 billion 73,900,000 Baptist 100 million 24,063,151 Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) 220 million 7,150,000 Anglican/Episcopal 110 million 1,576,611 Latter-day Saints (Mormon) 17 million 6,721,031 Lutheran 70-90 million 5,596,836 Methodist 60-80 million 9,865,009 Pentecostal 280 million 5,855,252 Presbyterian/Reformed 40 million 2,450,546 Non-Christian Religions: Judaism 14.7 million 5,578,686 Islam 1.9 billion 4,564,042 Hinduism 1.16 billion 1,602,582 Buddhism 506 million 4,300,257 Sikhism 26 million 417,063 *Counts for Christian denominations in the world from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members Use https://thearda.com/us-religion/statistics/membership Hints:  View the reports for your state and county (you will do this twice: once for your entire state, and then for the county in the state you live in)  Be sure to take the counts from the “ adherents ” column (not the “congregations” column)  Sort by “ family ” (click “family” at the top of the report) and total the counts together for related denominations (you may want to use a calculator). For instance, there may be 20 or more different kinds of “Baptist” denominations; for our purposes here, add them all up to get one total count to put on the above chart  It is OK to round up or down to the nearest 1000 if that makes it easier to get an approximate total count for any given “family”. Need help using the ARDA? View this video how-to: https://youtu.be/wzo8xplx-Z4 [More on next page] Page 2 of 3