Survey: As Hispanics Assimilate, They Are More Likely to Convert
A new study out this morning from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the
Basic Data on Latino Conversion:
The vast majority of Latinos (82%) give no indication of ever having changed their religious affiliation. However, almost one-in-five (18%) Latinos say they have either converted from one religion to another or to no religion at all,†study authors write. Most Hispanics are Catholic, and most of those who convert join evangelical churches, study data reveals.
Notable Findings on Conversion:
Second-generation immigrants are eight percent more likely to convert than first-generation immigrants. “Though it is impossible to determine the precise extent to which conversion is a product of assimilation, it does appear that migrating to the
Questions The Data Raise:
Does conversion happen simply because Hispanics who leave Catholic-dominated countries are now exposed to Protestantism, and evangelicalism in particular, in the Protestant-dominated
Related Content:
“For Many Americans, Religious Identity is No Longer a Given,†by Andrea Useem, Religion News Service, Feb. 12, 2007. This article begins with the story of a Mexican-born Catholic woman who now practices a Hindu-influenced New Age faith with her Jewish American husband .
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[...] (That percentage may be lower now, since it declined by 2.3% between 1990 and 2001, and because an increasing number of American Hispanics are leaving Catholicism for other — or no– religions, according to a recent Pew Forum [...]