Appendix A
The Taxonomy of the Religious Traditions
The long list of religious classifications supplied by ARIS respondents' calls for a shorter, more manageable
list for most analytical purposes. Therefore, for Table 3 the ARIS respondents have been collated into the
following 13 religious groupings of varying sizes:
1. Catholic: Roman, Greek and Eastern Rites.
2. Mainline Christian: Methodist, United Methodist, African Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian,
Episcopalian/Anglican, United Church of Christ/Congregational, Reformed/Dutch Reform, Disciples of
Christ, Moravian, Quaker, Orthodox (Greek, Russian, Eastern, Christian)
3. Baptist: including Southern Baptist, American Baptist, Free-Will, Missionary, and African-American
denominations.
4. Christian Generic: Christian, Protestant, Evangelical/ Born Again Christian, Born Again,
Fundamentalist, Independent Christian, Missionary Alliance Church, Non-Denominational Christian.
5. Pentecostal/Charismatic: Pentecostal, Assemblies of God, Full Gospel, Four Square Gospel, Church of
God, Holiness, Nazarene, Salvation Army.
6. Protestant Denomination: Churches of Christ, Seventh Day Adventist, Mennonite, Brethren, Apostle,
Covenant, Christian Reform, Jehovah's Witness, Christian Science, Messianic Jews.
7. Mormon/ Latter Day Saints
8. Jewish/Judaism
9. Eastern Religions: Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist, Baha'i, Shintoist, Zoroastrian, Sikh.
10. Muslim/Islam
11. New Religious Movements and Other Religions: Scientology, New Age, Eckankar, Spiritualist,
Unitarian-Universalist, Deist, Wiccan, Pagan, Druid, Indian Religion, Santeria, Rastafarian.
12. Nones: None, No religion, Humanistic, Ethical Culture, Agnostic, Atheist, Secular.
13. Refused: Don't Know.