{"id":8986,"date":"2021-03-24T11:03:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T16:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/three-quarters-of-black-americans-believe-in-god-of-the-bible-or-other-holy-scripture\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:57:09","slug":"three-quarters-of-black-americans-believe-in-god-of-the-bible-or-other-holy-scripture","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/03\/24\/three-quarters-of-black-americans-believe-in-god-of-the-bible-or-other-holy-scripture\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-quarters of Black Americans believe in God of the Bible or other holy scripture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-640-wide\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FT_20.03.24_blackBeliefGod_featured_new.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"A pair of hands raised in prayer. (westend61\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-388788\" \/><figcaption>(westend61\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly all Black Americans believe in God or a higher power, regardless of their religious affiliation. But what type of God do they have in mind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About three-quarters (74%) of Black Americans believe in God \u201cas described in the Bible\u201d or, if they identify with a non-Christian religion, the holy scripture of that faith, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2021\/02\/16\/faith-among-black-americans\/\">recent Pew Research Center survey.<\/a> About eight-in-ten (81%) say God has the power to control what goes on in the world, and roughly seven-in-ten (68%) believe in a God who directly determines all or most of what happens in their lives. Additionally, nearly half of Black Americans (48%) believe that God or a higher power talks to them directly, according to the survey of 8,660 Black adults conducted Nov. 19, 2019-June 3, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-640-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14914\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/03\/24\/three-quarters-of-black-americans-believe-in-god-of-the-bible-or-other-holy-scripture\/ft_2021-03-24_blackbeliefs_03a-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"cbdce4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #cbdce4;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" height=\"432\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_03a.png?w=640\" alt=\"Almost all Black Americans believe in God or another higher power\" class=\"wp-image-14914 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_03a.png 1280w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_03a.png?resize=300,202 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_03a.png?resize=768,518 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_03a.png?resize=1024,690 1024w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_03a.png?resize=601,405 601w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_03a.png?resize=200,135 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_03a.png?resize=260,175 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_03a.png?resize=310,209 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_03a.png?resize=420,283 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_03a.png?resize=640,432 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_03a.png?resize=740,499 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_03a.png?resize=160,108 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_03a.png?resize=320,216 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"is-style-alternate wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pew Research Center conducted this study to explore the breadth and diversity of Black Americans\u2019 religious experiences. This survey represents the Center\u2019s most comprehensive, in-depth study of the subject, drawing on a nationally representative sample of 8,660 Black adults (ages 18 and older). The sample consists of a wide range of adults who identify as Black or African American, including some who identify as both Black and Hispanic or Black and another race (such as Black and White, or Black and Asian).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Survey respondents were recruited from four nationally representative sources: Pew Research Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (conducted online), NORC\u2019s AmeriSpeak panel (conducted online or by phone), Ipsos\u2019 KnowledgePanel (conducted online) and a national cross-sectional survey by Pew Research Center (conducted online and by mail). Responses were collected from Nov. 19, 2019, to June 3, 2020, but most respondents completed the survey between Jan. 21 and Feb. 10, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style- wp-block-paragraph\">Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/02\/PF_02.16.21_Black.religion.questionnaire.pdf\">the questions used<\/a> for this report, <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/02\/PF_02.16.21_Black.religion.topline.pdf\">along with responses<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2021\/02\/16\/appendix-a-survey-methodology-3\">its methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans overall, by contrast, are less likely to hold these views: About six-in-ten U.S. adults believe in God as described in the Bible or other holy scripture, or that God can control what happens in the world. Fewer than half believe God determines all or most of what happens in their lives (46%) or that God talks to them directly (30%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Differences between Black adults and the general public align with other findings from the survey that show Black Americans to <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2021\/02\/16\/faith-among-black-americans\/#black-americans-more-religious-than-the-u-s-public-overall\">generally be more religious<\/a> than Americans overall on a variety of measures, including religious affiliation, prayer and worship attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost eight-in-ten Black Americans are affiliated with some religion, with 66% identifying as Protestant and 6% as Catholic. Another 3% identify with other Christian faiths such as Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses and 3% with non-Christian faiths such as Islam. But even among the 21% of Black Americans who are religiously unaffiliated, the vast majority believe in God or another higher power (90%), and more than half pray at least a few times a month (54%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Views about God vary by religious affiliation. Black Protestants, for example, are more likely than Black Catholics to believe in a personal God who intervenes in their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-420-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14919\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/03\/24\/three-quarters-of-black-americans-believe-in-god-of-the-bible-or-other-holy-scripture\/ft_2021-03-24_blackbeliefs_02a-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"b0d2e0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #b0d2e0;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" height=\"468\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_02a.png?w=420\" alt=\"Eight-in-ten Black adults believe God has the power to control what happens in the world\" class=\"wp-image-14919 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_02a.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_02a.png?resize=269,300 269w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_02a.png?resize=768,856 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_02a.png?resize=363,405 363w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_02a.png?resize=200,223 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_02a.png?resize=260,290 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_02a.png?resize=310,345 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_02a.png?resize=420,468 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_02a.png?resize=640,713 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_02a.png?resize=740,825 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_02a.png?resize=160,178 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_02a.png?resize=320,357 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eight-in-ten Black Protestants say God determines what happens in their life all or most of the time, compared with two-thirds of Black Catholics who say this. Almost six-in-ten Black Protestants say God speaks to them directly, compared with roughly a third of Black Catholics who say this and four-in-ten Black adults affiliated with non-Christian faiths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to God\u2019s role in the wider world, majorities of Black Americans in all the religious groups analyzed believe that God can and does affect what happens. For example, among Black adults, the view that God has the power to control what goes on in the world is held by 88% of Protestants, 81% of Catholics, 85% of other Christians, 75% of non-Christians and 60% of the religiously unaffiliated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-310-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14925\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/03\/24\/three-quarters-of-black-americans-believe-in-god-of-the-bible-or-other-holy-scripture\/ft_2021-03-24_blackbeliefs_01a-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"dfe7ec\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dfe7ec;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" height=\"468\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_01a.png?w=310\" alt=\"Black adults more likely than U.S. adults overall to say belief in God is necessary for morality\" class=\"wp-image-14925 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_01a.png 620w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_01a.png?resize=199,300 199w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_01a.png?resize=269,405 269w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_01a.png?resize=200,302 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_01a.png?resize=260,392 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_01a.png?resize=310,468 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_01a.png?resize=420,633 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_01a.png?resize=160,241 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/ft_2021.03.24_blackbeliefs_01a.png?resize=320,483 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The survey also asked a broad question about belief in God and morality \u2013 that is, whether people think believing in God is necessary \u201cin order to be moral and have good values.\u201d More than half (54%) of Black Americans say they believe this. As with other questions explored here, Black Protestants (64%) are more likely to express this belief than are Black Catholics (44%). Overall, Black adults are more likely than adults in the U.S. general population (32%) to say belief in God is necessary for morality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/02\/PF_02.16.21_Black.religion.questionnaire.pdf\">the questions used<\/a> for this report, <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/02\/PF_02.16.21_Black.religion.topline.pdf\">along with responses<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2021\/02\/16\/appendix-a-survey-methodology-3\">its methodology<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly all Black Americans believe in God or a higher power. 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