Editing Kentucky (section)

===Religion===
{{See also|Religion in Louisville, Kentucky}}

[[File:CollegeoftheBible-LexKY.JPG|thumb|[[Lexington Theological Seminary]] (then College of the Bible), 1904]]
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{{as of|2010}}, the [[Association of Religion Data Archives]] (ARDA)<ref name="www.thearda.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/21/rcms2010_21_state_adh_2010.asp |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives &#124; State Membership Report |publisher=www.thearda.com |access-date=November 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113203617/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/21/rcms2010_21_state_adh_2010.asp |archive-date=January 13, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> reported the following groupings of Kentucky's 4,339,367 residents:
* 48% not affiliated with any religious group, 2,101,653 persons
* 42% [[Protestant Christian]], 1,819,860 adherents
** 33% [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical Protestant]], 1,448,947 adherents (23% within the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], 1,004,407 adherents)
** 7.1% [[Mainline Protestant]], 305,955 adherents (4.4% in the [[United Methodist Church]], 189,596 adherents)
** 1.5% [[Black church|Black Protestant]], 64,958 adherents
* 8.3% [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]], 359,783 adherents
* 0.74% [[Latter Day Saint movement|Latter-day Saints]], 31,991 adherents
* 0.60% other religions, 26,080 adherents (0.26% [[Muslim]], 0.16% [[Judaism|Jewish]], 0.06% [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], 0.01% other)

Being a Southern state in the [[Bible Belt]], Kentucky is predominantly Christian and is home to several seminaries. [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]] is the principal seminary for the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. Louisville is the home of the [[Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary]], an institution of the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)]]. Lexington has one seminary, [[Lexington Theological Seminary]] (affiliated with the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)|Disciples of Christ]]). The Baptist Seminary of Kentucky is located on the campus of [[Georgetown College]] in Georgetown. [[Asbury Theological Seminary]], a multi-denominational seminary in the [[Methodism|Methodist]] tradition, is located in nearby [[Wilmore, Kentucky|Wilmore]].

In addition to seminaries, there are several colleges affiliated with denominations:
* In Louisville, [[Bellarmine University]] and [[Spalding University]] are affiliated with the [[Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic Church]].
* In [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], [[Transylvania University]] is affiliated with the [[Disciples of Christ]].
* In [[Owensboro, Kentucky|Owensboro]], [[Kentucky Wesleyan College]] is associated with the [[United Methodist Church]], and [[Brescia University]] is associated with the Roman Catholic Church.
* In Pikeville, the [[University of Pikeville]] is affiliated with the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)]].
* In Wilmore, [[Asbury University]] (a separate institution from the seminary) is associated with the [[Christian College Consortium]].
* The [[Baptist]] denomination is associated with several colleges:
** [[University of the Cumberlands]], in [[Williamsburg, Kentucky|Williamsburg]]
** [[Campbellsville University]], in [[Campbellsville, Kentucky|Campbellsville]]
** [[Georgetown College (Kentucky)|Georgetown College]], in [[Georgetown, Kentucky|Georgetown]]
** [[Clear Creek Baptist Bible College]], in [[Pineville, Kentucky]]
* [[Grayson, Kentucky|Grayson]] in [[Carter County, Kentucky|Carter County]] is home to [[Kentucky Christian University]] which is affiliated with the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ.
*The [[Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani]] is located in [[Bardstown, Kentucky]]. Author [[Thomas Merton]], known as a social activist, worked to reconcile Christianity with other major religions, had converted to Catholicism as a young man, and became a Trappist monk; he lived and worked here from 1941 until his death in 1968.

Louisville is home to the [[Cathedral of the Assumption (Louisville, Kentucky)|Cathedral of the Assumption]], the third-oldest Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States. The city holds the headquarters of the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)]] and their printing press. Reflecting late 19th, 20th and 21st-century immigration from different countries, Louisville also has [[Jew]]ish, [[Muslim]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Muslims in Louisville|url=http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_101_150/muslims_in_louisville.htm|access-date=December 7, 2011|publisher=Irfi.org|archive-date=January 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120155254/http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_101_150/muslims_in_louisville.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Hindu]] communities.

In 1996 the Center for Interfaith Relations established the Festival of Faiths, the first and oldest annual interfaith festival to be held in the United States.<ref>Scanlon, Leslie. “Festival to Showcase Religious Diversity.” ''The Courier-Journal'', November 14, 1996, p. 1</ref>

The Christian creationist apologetics group, [[Answers in Genesis]], along with its [[Creation Museum]], is headquartered in [[Petersburg, Boone County, Kentucky|Petersburg, Kentucky]].