Religious Minorities - Why Some Religious Groups Are Considered Minorities?

Pedro Susana

Multicultural America

Prof. Mundeke

Why some religious groups are considered minorities?

In America there is a very diverse mix of cultures, races and religions. Just like in any other group religion can be viewed as a minority because religion can also generate ingroup-outgroup stereotyping, misunderstandings, and conflict, just as race and ethnicity sometimes do. Within the United States there are over 1,500 religious groups. This could make for a lot of clashing. But with so many different groups how could we consider any of these a minority. The growth of religions in the United States has grown dramatically in the past 30 years making us the most religiously diverse country in the world.

We know that since the time of the Pilgrims the U.S. has become a sort of safe place for many religious groups fleeing persecution and seeking freedom. As we’ve seen in the early stages of a developing U.S. the way you were treated depended on your religious belief. Spiritual leaders also served