A new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life shows that Evangelical Protestants and Mormons in America know the most about Christianity but that atheists and agnostics know significantly more about Christianity than other Christians and other Non-Christians.
Also, atheists and agnostics do best when it comes to knowledge about world religions.
Average Number of Questions Answered Correctly
|
|
Bible & Christianity (Out of 12) |
World Religions (Out of 11) |
Religion in Public Life (Out of 4) |
|
Total |
6.0 |
5.0 |
2.2 |
|
Christian |
6.2 |
4.7 |
2.1 |
|
Protestant |
6.5 |
4.6 |
2.1 |
|
White evangelical |
7.3 |
4.8 |
2.3 |
|
White mainline |
5.8 |
4.9 |
2.2 |
|
Black Protestant |
5.9 |
3.9 |
1.7 |
|
Catholic |
5.4 |
4.7 |
2.1 |
|
White Catholic |
5.9 |
5.1 |
2.2 |
|
Hispanic Catholic |
4.2 |
3.6 |
1.7 |
|
Mormon |
7.9 |
5.6 |
2.3 |
|
Unaffiliated |
5.3 |
6.0 |
2.3 |
|
Atheist/Agnostic |
6.7 |
7.5 |
2.8 |
|
Nothing in particular |
4.9 |
5.4 |
2.1 |
– Source: Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, 09/28/10.
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