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Religion 2010 (RCMS)
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Religion 2010 (RCMS)
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Religion 2010 (RCMS)
Religion 2010
2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Scope of the Study
Participating Religious Bodies
Participation in 2000 and 2010 Compared
Inclusiveness of the Study
Problems
Data Presentation
Methodology
Abbreviations
Footnotes
Data Collected
Appendices
Appendix A: Religious Groups: Definitions, Procedures, and Comments
Appendix B: Address Lists
Appendix C: African American Church Bodies
Appendix D: Amish Groups
Amish Religious Membership Count
Amish-Mennonite Religious Counts
Appendix E: Buddhist Groups
Theravada
Mahayana
Vajrayana
A Growing Community
Appendix F: Friends
Appendix G: Hindu Groups
The Structure of the American Hindu Community
Toward a Demographic Assessment of the American Hindu Community
Appendix H: Jewish Groups
Synagogue Counts Derived from Three Congregational Roof Organizations
Diverse Ways of Counting the Orthodox Congregations
"Membership Units" or Households: Preliminary to Counting Adherents
Members of Three Denominations from National Roof Organizations
Orthodox Complexities
From Members to Adherents
Average household size by Jewish denomination by geographic location
From Adherents to Worshipers
Average number of worshippers per week by denomination
Acknowledgments
Appendix I: Muslim Estimate
Appendix J: Non-denominational Christian Churches
Appendix K: On-line Listings
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