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[[File:Loc of United States.png|300px|thumbnail|right|[[Peter L. Berger]] said that the religiosity of the [[United States]] was a big exception to the [[secularization theory]] that should have caused social scientists to question the theory.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHlDyR102G8 Professor Peter Berger on Resurgence of Religion and Decline of Secularization Theory]</ref> See also: [[American atheism]] ]]
[[Christianity]] is the dominant religion in the United States, with 70.6% of polled American adults self-identifying themselves as Christian in 2014.<ref>"[http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/ America's Changing Religious Landscape]". Pew Research Center: Religion & Public Life. May 12, 2015.</ref> The United States has the largest Christian population in the world, with almost 247 million Christians (although other Christianized countries have higher percentages of Christians among their populations). The Christian faith teaches Jesus is God and the only son of God the father.
[[Christianity]] is the dominant religion in the United States, with 70.6% of polled American adults self-identifying themselves as Christian in 2014.<ref>"[http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/ America's Changing Religious Landscape]". Pew Research Center: Religion & Public Life. May 12, 2015.</ref> The United States has the largest Christian population in the world, with almost 247 million Christians (although other Christianized countries have higher percentages of Christians among their populations). The Christian faith teaches Jesus is God and the only son of God the father.