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Source: University of California, Berkeley Survey Documentation and Analysis

Source: University of California, Berkeley Survey Documentation and Analysis
Religious Affiliation
2004
           Total    Female     Male
Never
LT Once a Year
Once a Year
Several Times a Year
Once a Month
2-3 Times a Month
Nearly Every Week
Every Week
More than Once a Wk
Black American Religious Affiliation
09% 07% 12%
04% 03% 05%
07% 05% 11%
11% 11% 12%
08% 08% 09%
18% 20% 15%
07% 10% 07%
20% 23% 16%
16% 19% 10%
Black Attendance at Religious Services
Catholic: Roman, Greek and Eastern Rites.
Mainline Christian: Methodist, United Methodist, African Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopalian/Anglican, United Church of Christ/Congregational, Reformed/Dutch Reform, Disciples of Christ, Moravian, Quaker, Orthodox (Greek, Russian, Eastern, Christian)
Baptist: including Southern Baptist, American Baptist, Free-Will, Missionary, and African-American denominations.
Christian Generic: Christian, Protestant, Evangelical/ Born Again Christian, Born Again, Fundamentalist, Independent Christian, Missionary Alliance Church, Non-Denominational Christian.
Pentecostal/Charismatic: Pentecostal, Assemblies of God, Full Gospel, Four Square Gospel, Church of God, Holiness, Nazarene, Salvation Army.
Protestant Denomination: Churches of Christ, Seventh Day Adventist, Mennonite, Brethren, Apostle, Covenant, Christian Reform, Jehovah's Witness, Christian Science, Messianic Jews.
Mormon/ Latter Day Saints
Jewish/Judaism
Eastern Religions: Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist, Baha'I, Shintoist, Zoroastrian, Sikh.
Muslim/Islam
New Religious Movements and Other Religions: Scientology, New Age, Eckankar, Spiritualist, Unitarian-Universalist, Deist, Wiccan, Pagan, Druid, Indian Religion, Santeria, Rastafarian.
Nones: None, No religion, Humanistic, Ethical Culture, Agnostic, Atheist, Secular.
Refused: Don't Know.

Source: The Leonard T. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life
Religion/Denomonation

Baptist
Catholic
Mainline Christian
Christian Generic
Pentecostal/Charismatic
Protestant Denomination
Mormon/ Latter
Jewish/Judaism
Eastern Religions
Muslim/Islam
New /Other Religions:
Nones:
Refused:
1990

50%
9
12
9
6
4
0
0
0
1
1
6
1

2001

46%
7
10
10
7
4
0
0
0
1
1
11
2
2008

45%
6
7
15
7
6
0
0
0
1
1
11
2
According to the data published by The Leonard T. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, the African American population has been shifting over the past 18 years.

In 1990 half (50%) of African Americans considered themselves Baptist. However that percentage dropped to 45% by 2008. There was also a substantial decrease in the percentage of Mainline Christians (Methodist and Orthodox) from 12% in 1990 to 7% in 2008.
Increases are seen in the Generic Christian category (non denominational, evangelical) and the none category (none, agnostic, atheist)
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Many scholars estimate that 15-30% of Africans imported as slaves were Muslim. The majority of the remaining practiced indigenous forms of worship. All were converted to Christianity. Most became Baptist although slaves from Louisiana became Catholic because of the French settlers in that area. Today 83% of African Americans are Christian, and only 1% identify themselves as Muslim. 
According to the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted in 2007 by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, Black Americans "are markedly more religious on a variety of measures than the U.S. population as a whole." It cited that 87% of Blacks (vs. 83% of all Americans) are affiliated with a religion. It also found that 79 % of Blacks (vs. 56% overall) say that religion is "very important in their life".
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