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September 28, 2010

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Most Americans uninformed about religions, survey says

by Ann Rodgers
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Atheists/agnostics, Jews and Mormons scored best in a national quiz on religious knowledge, getting about 20 out of 32 questions right, according to a survey from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

Mid-level performers were white evangelicals, white Catholics and white mainline Protestants, while those who said they were "nothing in particular," black Protestants and Hispanic Catholics scored lowest.

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