Religion And Ethnicity: Theoretical Connections Essay

In the article “Religion and Ethnicity: Theoretical Connections”, the writes Rebecca Y. Kim discusses the relationship between people’s ethnicity and religious affiliations. Although it mentions many immigrants assimilate to the American way and change their religious believes, many still continue with their religious believes they were taught growing up. Although there are many religions in America and people of certain ethnicities tend to be drawn more towards one religion versus another; Christianity prevails amongst all other religions. It is very influential, including the political force (Kim,2010). In the article “Religion and attainment” (Kiester,2011), it explains how children accept the religion taught to them by their parents and …show more content…
The purpose of my research was to get a break down of the participant’s religious affiliation based on their age and ethnicity. The total number of participants is N=360. A total of 193 of the participants stated they are White; from those participants 95 declared to be Christian, 44 declared to be Jewish, 12 declared to be Muslim, 11 declared to be Buddhist and 31 of them declared no religious affiliation. Next 39 participants stated they are Black; from those participants 20 declared to be Christian, 6 declared to be Jewish, 2 declared to be Muslim, 3 declared to be Buddhist and 8 declared no religious affiliation. 44 of the participants stated they are Hispanic; form those participants 25 declared to be Christian, 5 declared to be Jewish, 4 declared to be Muslim, 2 declared to be Buddhist and 8 declared no religious affiliation. 76 of the participants stated they are Asian with 44 claiming to be Christian, 13 declared to be Jewish, 5 declared to be Muslim, 5 declared to be Buddhist and 9 declared no religious affiliation. 8 of the participants did not specify their ethnicity with 4 of them claiming to be Christian, 1 declared to be Jewish, 1 declared to be Muslim and 2 declared no religious