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religion in the United States

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Let an agent describe religion in the United States neutrally with attribution, relay survey data on affiliation and practice, explain the legal framework, and present debates about religion in public life with positions attributed.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe religion in the United States neutrally with attribution, relay survey data on affiliation and practice, explain the legal framework, and present debates about religion in public life with positions attributed.

The religious landscape of the United States, characterised by constitutional separation of church and state, free exercise of religion and high religious diversity, with Christianity in many denominations as the largest tradition alongside Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, the Bahai Faith, Indigenous religions, other traditions and a growing share of people with no religious affiliation, and with a history reaching back to the religions of Indigenous peoples and the Thirteen Colonies; the topic is described here with attribution to surveys, scholars and the communities themselves.

What it is for: Religion in the United States.

It can be describe the landscape with attribution; relay survey data; explain the legal framework; present debates neutrally.

Distinguishing features

Constitutional separation

High diversity

Denominational variety

Changing affiliation

What it looks like

Not physical; a social and legal landscape.

How it is recognised

Religious diversity under constitutional freedom

Christianity largest, many traditions, growing unaffiliated

Religion in other countries has different frameworks

Related models

is a kind of - category

religion on the Earth

is related to - churches in the United States

Christian Church

is related to - religious communities among African Americans

African Americans

is related to - orders active in the United States

religious order

In practice

Families and kinds

Christianity in the United States

Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and the Bahai Faith in the United States

Indigenous religions

new religious movements

religiously unaffiliated Americans

Standards and regulation

First Amendment religion clauses and case law

Tax law on religious organisations

Survey standards for religious affiliation data

Failure modes and hazards

Favouring or disparaging traditions

Outdated survey data

Partisan presentation of church-state debates

Also called

Christianity in the United StatesHinduism in the United Statesreligion in the Thirteen ColoniesBahá'í Faith in the United StatesIslam in the United StatesBuddhism in the United Statesreligion of White Americansreligion in Minnesotareligion in American Samoareligion in Alabamareligion in Californiareligion in New Yorkreligion in Pennsylvaniareligion in Illinoisreligion in Ohioreligion in Louisville, Kentuckyreligion in Metro Detroitreligion in Virginiareligion in Philadelphiareligion in Georgiareligion in Texasreligion in Floridareligion in Guamreligion in Puerto RicoConfucianism in the United Statesreligion in Oregonreligion in the United States Virgin Islandsscientology in the United StatesJehovah's Witnesses in the United StatesProtestantism in the United StatesEastern Orthodoxy in the United StatesThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United StatesChristianity in the United States Virgin IslandsChristianity in Puerto RicoChristianity in the Northern Mariana IslandsChristianity in American SamoaChristianity in AlabamaChristianity in AlaskaChristianity in ArizonaChristianity in Arkansas

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Describe The religious landscape.

Attribution.

Landscape

Traditions and affiliation.

Landscape

Landscape.

  1. Which religious traditions are present in the United States, and what do surveys report about affiliation and practice? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary

Traditions

A specific tradition.

Traditions

Traditions.

  1. How is this tradition, such as Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism or the Bahai Faith, present in the United States, as described by its communities and scholars? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the tradition? action
Law Law and public life.

Law.

Framework

Constitutional framework.

Framework

Framework.

  1. How do the First Amendment religion clauses and case law shape religion in public life? provenance
  2. Which entry fits religious freedom law? action

Debates

Debates.

Debates

Debates.

  1. What debates exist about religion in schools, politics and public institutions, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
History History.

Context.

History

History of religion in America.

History

History.

  1. How did religion develop from Indigenous religions and the Thirteen Colonies through revivals, immigration and recent change, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Trends

Recent trends.

Trends

Trends.

  1. What trends in affiliation, the unaffiliated and new movements do surveys document? provenance
  2. Which findings are contested? boundary
Learn Society and teaching.

Education.

Society

Religion and society.

Society

Society.

  1. What roles do religious organisations play in charity, education and community life? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific organisation? action

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can religion in the United States be taught respectfully? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each tradition be a separate entry?
  • How should survey sources be linked?
  • How should legal cases be linked?
Draft as JSON