Religion in the US

By Bodmon
  • 1500

    The Catholic faith

    Brought to North America by the Spanish.
    A lot of cities were named after Spanish Catholic settlers and missionaries.

  • European Settlers bring Protestantism to America

    The Protestant faith the strongest impact on the development of the religious climate in America

  • Protestants split into different branches, and different denominations were created.

    The denominations consists of Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopal, and the United Church of Christ.

  • Establishment of Constitution

    The Constitution forbidded the government to establish a national church, which resulted in no religion being favoured

  • Bishop William Lawrence encourages material wealth

    Lawrence proclaimed: "Godliness is in league with riches... Material prosperity is helping to make the national character sweeter, more joyous, more unselfish, more Christlike".
    Which means that material wealth should be prospered towards.

  • Andrew Carnegie donates $300 million to support public schools and libraries

    An example of religion's influence on being generous

  • 9/11

    Strenghed the 'nation religion' patriotism in the US