This statistic shows the results of a survey among Americans regarding their belief in Heaven and Hell. The survey was conducted in 2007 as a part of the nationwide "Religious Landscape Survey". 74 percent of respondents said they believed in Heaven.
According to the source, the results of this poll are part of "[...] some of the key findings of the Pew Forum's U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, which draws primarily on a new nationwide survey conducted from May 8 to Aug. 13, 2007, among a representative sample of more than 35,000 adults in the U.S., with additional over-samples of Eastern Orthodox Christians, Buddhists and Hindus."
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The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. (January 1, 2008). Do you believe in Heaven and Hell? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/252133/united-states-belief-in-heaven-and-hell/
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. "Do you believe in Heaven and Hell?." Chart. January 1, 2008. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/252133/united-states-belief-in-heaven-and-hell/
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. (2008). Do you believe in Heaven and Hell?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/252133/united-states-belief-in-heaven-and-hell/
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. "Do You Believe in Heaven and Hell?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2008, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/252133/united-states-belief-in-heaven-and-hell/
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, Do you believe in Heaven and Hell? Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/252133/united-states-belief-in-heaven-and-hell/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Do you believe in Heaven and Hell? [Graph], The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, January 1, 2008. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/252133/united-states-belief-in-heaven-and-hell/
