Religious Diversity in the United States

Religious Diversity in the United States
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Topic: Religious Diversity in the United States
The proposed research will seek to examine the subject of religious diversity in America. This particular topic would be examined extensively considering that there is limited research on it.
Introduction
This section of the research paper will basically introduce the topic being investigated in the research. It would be stated in this section that religion in America is typified by both an extensive assortment in religious practices and beliefs and by a high level of adherence. America is indeed a religiously diverse nation. To most American people, religion plays an essential role in their lives. A lot of religions flourish in America, including faiths that span the United States’ multicultural heritage, in addition to those faiths that were founded within America. As a result, America has turned out to be one of the world’s most religiously diverse nations (Cosner & Twiss, 2010).
Body / Religious Diversity
Definition of Religious Diversity
This part of the research paper will clearly state what is meant by the term religious diversity. The researcher will point out that religious diversity denotes the practice of multiple faiths in the United States. It is the broad multiplicity in religious practices and faiths.
Background information
This sub-section of the paper will provide an in-depth description of how America came to be such a religiously diverse nation that it is at the moment. For instance, the researcher will reveal in this sub-section that Islam in America effectively started with the arrival of slaves from Africa considering that roughly 10 percent of the slaves who were shipped from Africa to America were Muslim (Tilley, 2012). In terms of religious diversity, America is categorized as moderate. This section will also reveal that even though the United States is often described as being very religiously diverse, it not very diverse after all. On the whole, 95 percent of Americans are either Christians or do not have any religious affiliation, whereas each of other faiths collectively make up only 5 percent of America’s population (Balmer, 2011).
Freedom of religion
This sub-section of the paper will point out that in America, people are allowed under the 1st Amendment to practice their religious beliefs, in spite of differences in their culture or creed. The researcher will reveal that freedom of religion includes all faiths that act lawfully within a specific area, whether or not a particular religion recognizes and acknowledges that other faiths are lawful or that freedom of religious choice and religious plurality are generally good things.
Religious pluralism
This sub-section of the research paper will describe religious pluralis...