Religion in the Bahamas
Religion in the Bahamas (2010)[1]
Religion in the Bahamas reflects the country's diversity.[2] Since the English colonization, most Bahamians adhere to diverse Protestant denominations with Anglicanism, Baptist churches, Pentecostalism, Adventism and Methodism being at the forefront.[2]
Statistically speaking, major Protestant denominations include Baptists (35 percent), Anglicans (14 percent), Pentecostals (9 percent), Church of God (1.9 percent), Seventh-day Adventists (4.4 percent), and Methodists (4 percent).[2] Although many unaffiliated Protestant congregations are almost exclusively black, most mainstream churches are integrated racially.[2] There are significant Roman Catholic (12 percent) and Greek Orthodox populations.[2] Smaller Jewish, Baha'i, Jehovah's Witness and Muslim communities also are active.[2] A small number of Bahamians and Haitians, particularly those living in the Family Islands, practice Obeah, a form of African shamanism.[2] A small number of citizens identify themselves as Rastafarians.[2] Some members of the small resident Guyanese and Indian populations practice Hinduism and other South Asian religions.[2]
More than 95 percent of the population of the Bahamas professes a religion, and anecdotal evidence suggests that most attend services regularly.
See also
- Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Hinduism in the West Indies
- Religion in the Dominican Republic
- Religion in Trinidad and Tobago
- Roman Catholicism in the Bahamas
References
Further reading
- Fahlbusch, Erwin, ed. (1999), "Bahamas", Encyclopedia of Christianity, vol. 1, Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, pp. 179–180, ISBN 0802824137
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