[lit-ideas] Re: Five Years Ago

  • From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:33:11 -0700

David Ritchie writes:

Does anyone on the list know [how] trustworthy these data might be? My first reaction was that sociologists on a conservative christian campus might be reported what they wanted to find. But that was an ungenerous thought.

The sometimes suspect Wikipedia has what looks like a useful article at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States

The US Census Bureau, which is forbidden by law to ask questions about religious
affiliation nevertheless has a site that cites organizations who gather this
sort of data.


http://www.census.gov/prod/www/religion.htm

Robert Paul


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