Editing Hesse (section)

=== Religion ===

[[File:Fulda - Stadtpfarrkirche St. Blasius.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|View of the Stadtpfarrkirche St. Blasius in [[Fulda]] ]]

In 2016 [[Christianity]] was the most widespread religion in the state (63%).<ref name="soziales.hessen.de">{{cite web|url=https://soziales.hessen.de/sites/default/files/media/hsm/religionsstudie_2017_endversion_pdf.pdf|title=Eine Umfrage zu Religiosität, religionsbezogener Toleranz und der Rolle der Religion in Hessen 2017|publisher=Hessisches Ministerium für Soziales und Integration|language=de|website=soziales.hessen.de|access-date=2 May 2019|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502113738/https://soziales.hessen.de/sites/default/files/media/hsm/religionsstudie_2017_endversion_pdf.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, 40% of Hessians belonged to the [[Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau]] or [[Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck]] (members of the [[Protestant Church in Germany]]), 25% adhered to the [[Roman Catholic Church]], while other Christians constituted some 3%; the next most common religion of the Hessian population was [[Islam]], adhered to by 7%.<ref name="Religionszugehörigkeit der Deutschen nach Bundesländern im Jahr 2011">{{Cite web|url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/201622/umfrage/religionszugehoerigkeit-der-deutschen-nach-bundeslaendern/|title=Religionszugehörigkeit nach Bundesländern in Deutschland|website=Statista|access-date=26 October 2019|archive-date=30 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530192549/https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/201622/umfrage/religionszugehoerigkeit-der-deutschen-nach-bundeslaendern/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a 2011 study of the region, German sociologist of religion and theologian [[:de:Michael N. Ebertz|Michael N. Ebertz]] and German television presenter and author [[:de:Meinhard Schmidt-Degenhard|Meinhard Schmidt-Degenhard]] concluded that "Six religious orientation types can be distinguished: 'Christians'—'non-Christian theists'—'Cosmotheists'—'[[Deism|Deists]], [[Pandeism|Pandeists]] and [[Polytheism|Polytheists]]'—'[[Atheism|Atheists]]'—'Others'“.<ref>[[Michael N. Ebertz]] and [[Meinhard Schmidt-Degenhard]], ''[http://www.hr-online.de/servlet/de.hr.cms.servlet.File/Was+glauben+die+Hessen%3F+Die+komplette+Studie+als+pdf?enc=d3M9aHJteXNxbCZibG9iSWQ9MTQxNDQ1NjEmaWQ9NDczOTk0MTkmZm9yY2VEb3dubG9hZD0x Was glauben die Hessen?: Horizonte religiösen Lebens]'' (2011; republished 2014), p. 82.</ref>