“The United States is, by and large, a nation of believers,” writes Pew Research Center’s Gregory A. Smith in his introduction to Faith + Freedom: Religion in the USA.
Christianity in its many denominations is the majority faith in the U.S., but many other faiths are practiced. And there is a growing group of “nones”— people unaffiliated with any religion.
America’s rich religious heritage predates the founding of the United States. Images from Faith + Freedom, below, depict some of that history.
