Editing Tennessee (section)

===Religion===
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Since colonization, Tennessee has always been predominantly [[Christianity|Christian]]. About 81% of the population identifies as Christian, with [[Protestant]]s making up 73% of the population. Of the Protestants in the state, [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical Protestants]] compose 52% of the population, [[Mainline Protestant]]s 13%, and [[Black church|Historically Black Protestant]]s 8%. [[Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]]s make up 6%, [[Mormon]]s 1%, and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christian]]s less than 1%.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/tennessee/ |title=Religious Landscape Study |date=May 11, 2015 |publisher=Pew Forum |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907135416/http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/tennessee/ |archive-date=September 7, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The largest denominations by number of adherents are the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], the [[United Methodist Church]], the Roman Catholic Church, and the [[Churches of Christ]].<ref name="www.thearda.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/47/rcms2010_47_state_adh_2010.asp |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives &#124; State Membership Report |website=Thearda.com |access-date=December 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809110458/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/47/rcms2010_47_state_adh_2010.asp |archive-date=August 9, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Islam|Muslims]] and [[Judaism|Jews]] each make up about 1% of the population, and adherents of other religions make up about 3% of the population. About 14% of Tennesseans are [[Irreligion|non-religious]], with 11% identifying as "Nothing in particular", 3% as [[agnosticism|agnostics]], and 1% as [[atheism|atheists]].<ref name="auto"/>

Tennessee is included in most definitions of the [[Bible Belt]], and is ranked as [[List of U.S. states and territories by religiosity|one of the nation's most religious states]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lipka |first1=Michael |last2=Wormald |first2=Benjamin |title=How religious is your state? |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/02/29/how-religious-is-your-state/?state=tennessee |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=May 15, 2021 |date=February 29, 2016}}</ref> Several Protestant denominations have their headquarters in Tennessee, including the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] and [[National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.|National Baptist Convention]] (in Nashville); the [[Church of God in Christ]] and the [[Cumberland Presbyterian Church]] (in Memphis);<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kurian |first1=George Thomas |last2=Lamport |first2=Mark A. |title=Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States |date=November 10, 2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-4432-0 |page=1427 |language=English}}</ref> and the [[Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)|Church of God]] and the [[Church of God of Prophecy]] (in [[Cleveland, Tennessee|Cleveland]]);<ref>{{cite news |title=Church of God International Offices marks 50 years at Keith and 25th location |url=https://clevelandbanner.com/stories/church-of-god-international-offices-marks-50-years-at-keith-and-25th-location,81165 |access-date=July 17, 2021 |work=Cleveland Daily Banner |date=June 3, 2018 |location=Cleveland, Tennessee |archive-date=July 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717211948/https://clevelandbanner.com/stories/church-of-god-international-offices-marks-50-years-at-keith-and-25th-location,81165 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=Brenda |title=Remarriage Issue Gives Denomination an Identity Crisis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/26/us/26religion.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007020834/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/26/us/26religion.html |archive-date=October 7, 2016 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=July 17, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=August 26, 2006}}</ref> and the [[National Association of Free Will Baptists]] (in [[Antioch, Tennessee|Antioch]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=National Association of Free Will Baptists (NAFWB) |url=http://www.usachurches.org/denomination/national-association-of-free-will-baptists.htm |publisher=usachurches.org |access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref> Nashville has publishing houses of several denominations.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kobran |first1=Shannon |title=Not New York: Book Business & Publishers in Nashville |url=http://publishingtrendsetter.com/industryinsight/york-book-business-publishers-nashville/ |website=publishingtrendsetter.com |publisher=Market Partners International, Publishing Trends |access-date=July 23, 2021 |date=April 23, 2013}}</ref>