Are Southern elites mostly evangelical or mainline?
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Anonymous
| Obviously Baptist is far and away the most common denomination among southerners. But are the upper classes Baptist mostly as well or are they Episcopalian/Methodist/Presbyterian? |
Anonymous
Well, they are mostly Republican, as far as religion. But some of the richest families are Episcopalian and Democrat. Did you know the Murdaughs were Dems? Doesn't sit well, but that doesn't speak for the rest. No seriously, there are rich Episcopalians in the South. The evanglical pastors are rich as balls, and the evangelical followers tithe their earnings to those dudes with no complaints and go to ballot box to vote for idiots. So yeah, I suppose the elites are Episcopals. God bless their beautiful hearts. |
Anonymous
Oh wait, I re read and found this confusing -- Episcopalians are NOT the evangelicals, and probably are the elites |
Anonymous
| In Buckhead, Belle Meade and Mountain Brook are there more Baptists or Episcopalians? |
Anonymous
| Generalizing all of the South is so DCUM. |
Anonymous
It's also so Religion Forum. |
Anonymous
Mountain Brook--various Protestant religions (Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian) and a very large Jewish population, as well. Can't speak to Buckhead or Belle Meade |
Anonymous
| The Righteous Gemstones is a documentary. |
Anonymous
| In contrast to their northern counterparts, Episcopalians and Presbyterians in the South aren't liberal, |
Anonymous
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From Pew Research https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/region/south/ Religious composition of adults in the South Christian 76% Evangelical Protestant 34% Mainline Protestant 14% Historically Black Protestant 11% Catholic 15% Mormon 1% Orthodox Christian < 1% Jehovah's Witness 1% Other Christian < 1% Non-Christian Faiths 4% Jewish 1% Muslim 1% Buddhist < 1% Hindu < 1% Other World Religions < 1% Other Faiths 1% Unaffiliated (religious "nones" 
19% Atheist 2% Agnostic 3% Nothing in particular 14% Don't know < 1% |
Anonymous
Usually the ultra conservative parishes break away from the Episcopal church such as over GTLBQ rights. Six episcopal churches in NOVA broke away and joined a virulently anti GLBTQ African diocese … Here’s an example from SC https://www.scepiscopalians.com/ |
Anonymous
+1. I mean, why does anybody need to know, except to start a bashing thread. |
Anonymous
| depends on what kind of “elites” you’re talking about. Descendants of planter families and carpetbaggers both are more likely to be Episcopalian/Anglican. The business elite that arose during postwar industrialization are mostly baptist. Non denominational evangelicals aren’t usually the “elite” in any sense, in my experience, though I haven’t lived in the south in 20 years and also only have firsthand knowledge of Georgia and the Carolinas. |
Anonymous
Curiosity |
Anonymous
| It depends on where in the South. In New Orleans, for example, you’ll find a much larger percentage of Catholics. |