Religious statistics1 divide the population by religious affiliation. A distinction is generally drawn between the major religions2 and their principal denominations3, rites4 or sects5. Persons who have no religion may describe themselves as agnostics6, freethinkers6 or atheists6.
Footnotes
4 Rite, n. may also be used in the sense of a religious ceremony.
Terms
- agnostic (341-6)
- atheist (341-6)
- denomination (341-3)
- freethinker (341-6)
- religion (341-2)
- Religious statistics (341-1)
- rite (341-4)
- sect (341-5)
