More than a third of Americans (37%) attend religious services at least once a week, 16% do so once or twice a month, 18% a few times a year, 16% rarely, and 11% never, reports the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
Of those who attend religious services at least a few times a year, 50% always attend at the same place, and 36% mostly attend at the same place. Some 28% attend services outside their own faith, including 18% of Protestants and 18% of Catholics.
More than a quarter of Americans (26%) believe there is spiritual energy in physical things (such as mountains, trees, or crystals), 25% believe in astrology, 24% in reincarnation, 23% in yoga as a spiritual practice, and 16% in the “evil eye” (that people can cast curses on others). Nearly three in 10 (29%) feel they have been in contact with a person who has died, and 18% claim they have seen a ghost. One in seven (15%) have consulted a fortune-teller or psychic. [Religion]
Source: “Many Americans Mix Multiple Faiths,” Pew Forum On Religion & Public Life, Robert Mills, Communications Associate, 1615 L St. NW, #700, Washington, DC 20036; 202-419-4564; rmills@pewforum.org; www.pewforum.org.
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