It depends on where in the South. In New Orleans, for example, you’ll find a much larger percentage of Catholics.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Generalizing all of the South is so DCUM.

It's also so Religion Forum.

+1. I mean, why does anybody need to know, except to start a bashing thread.

Curiosity

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 wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Generalizing all of the South is so DCUM.

It's also so Religion Forum.

+1. I mean, why does anybody need to know, except to start a bashing thread.

Anonymous wrote:In contrast to their northern counterparts, Episcopalians and Presbyterians in the South aren't liberal,

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/

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%

In contrast to their northern counterparts, Episcopalians and Presbyterians in the South aren't liberal,

The Righteous Gemstones is a documentary.

Anonymous wrote:In Buckhead, Belle Meade and Mountain Brook are there more Baptists or Episcopalians?

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 wrote:Generalizing all of the South is so DCUM.

It's also so Religion Forum.

Generalizing all of the South is so DCUM.

In Buckhead, Belle Meade and Mountain Brook are there more Baptists or Episcopalians?

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

Oh wait, I re read and found this confusing -- Episcopalians are NOT the evangelicals, and probably are the elites

Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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?