Politics & Perspective
Obscuring Faith
The Struggle for Righteous Politics
Can being devoted to your religious faith be in conflict with being American?
Can you be both an American and be truly devoted to your faith?
Faith is obviously very personal and can shape our individual values but it illogically conflicts for many with the constitutional politics of the U.S.
In the U.S., when we talk about religion or one’s faith, we are contemplating the majority of Americans who are Protestant Christian (no surprise given the obvious historical arrival of 16th century European Reformed Protestantism of the explorers of the North American New World), attested also according to the 16 Nov 2016 Pew Research analysis (If the U.S. had 100 people: Charting Americans’ religious affiliations) of their 2014 study conducted by phone interview with 35,000 participants from all 50 states:
Just less than 50% identify as Protestant Christian:
By race, the vast majority are White Protestant Christians or White Catholics:
