Religious education in the United States of America

TheUnited States of America (United States) is a predominantlyChristian countrywith 78.4 percent of the population belonging to one of many Christian churches.1 It remains predominantly Protestant (51.3 percent), with 26.3 percent evangelical Christian, 18.1 percentmainline Protestant, and 6.9 percent of the population belonging to historically black Protestant churches.2 With 23.9 percent of the population, Roman Catholics easily form the largest non-Protestant group.3 A variety of non-Christian groups, such as Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and others together form 4.7 percent of the population,4 while 16.1 percent of the population is religiously unaffiliated.5