DENOMINATIONAL STATUS HIERARCHY |
STATUS HIERARCHY OF DENOMINATIONS
Top Rank
Middle Rank
Bottom Rank
Unitarian-
Mormons
White Southern Baptists
Universalists
Jews No religious preference Adventists
Episcopalians Christian Scientists Nazarenes
Presbyterians Methodists Assemblies of God
United Church
Catholics
Jehovah's Witnesses
of Christ
Lutherans
Black Northern Baptists
Misc. Evangelicals/
Misc. Penacostals/
Fundamentalists
Holiness
Christians
Churches of God
(Disciples of Christ)
White Northern Baptists Black Southern Baptists
Churches of Christ
Reformed
AGGREGATE SOCIAL-STATUS
RANKING
ON PROTESTANT ETHIC
VARIABLES
Unitarian
1
Disciples of Christ
2
Agnostic
3
Contregationalist
4
Episcopalian
5
Eastern Orthodox
6
Jewish
7
Presbyterian
8
Hindu
9
NRMs
10
Buddhist
11
No Religion
12
Catholic
13
Luteran
14
Protestant
15
Methodist
16
Mormon
17
Churches of Christ
18
Muslim
19
Assemblies of God
20
Christian Sience
21
Evangelical
22
Bretheren
23
Christian
24
Nazarene
25
Baptist
26
Pentecostal
27
7th-Day Adventist
28
Holiness
29
Jehovah's Witnesses 30
REPORTED RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION
OF INDIVIDUALS IN WHO'S
WHO
1930-1931 1992-1993
PROTESTANT
ESTABLISHMENT
Episcopalian 21.94 18.04
Presbyterian 20.31 13.91
Congregationalist/UCC
11.29 3.19
OTHER ELITE
Unitarian-Universalis 5.98 2.39
Quaker
1.09
.65
CATHOLIC
4.45 23.12
JEW
1.31 12.32
OTHER PROTESTANT
Baptist 8.97 4.71
Disciples of Christ 2.05 .35
Lutheran 2.41 6.01
Methodist 14.50 9.57
Reformed
1.00
.36
OTHER
Mormon .39 1.52
Christian Science
.69
.22
ALL OTHERS
3.62 3.63
NO AFFILIATION LISTED
43.86 65.66
POWER ELITE DENOMINATIONAL REPRESENTATION
1930-1931 1992-1993
PROTESTANT ESTABLISHMENT
Episcopalian 7.87 7.41
Presbyterian 3.60 2.82
Congregationalist/UC
4.49 2.57
OTHER ELITE
Unitarian-Universalist 18.24 5.11
Quaker
3.87 1.30
CATHOLIC
.15
.92
JEW
.88
5.17
OTHER PROTESTANT
Baptist .46 .22
Disciples of Christ .69 .34
Lutheran .24 .79
Methodist .82 1.04
Reformed
.48 .88
OTHER
Mormon .50 .54
Christian Science
1.96 2.09
ALL OTHERS
.38
.15
CULTURAL ELITE DENOMINATIONAL REPRESENTATION
1930-1931 1992-1993
PROTESTANT ESTABLISHMENT
Episcopalian 5.59 6.44
Presbyterian 3.23 2.62
Congregationalist/UCC
6.20
2.53
OTHER ELITE
Unitarian-Universalist 21.62 14.81
Quaker
5.09 12.70
CATHOLIC
.12
.74
JEW
.66 7.23
OTHER PROTESTANT
Baptist .66 .22
Disciples of Christ .65 .32
Lutheran .37 .90
Methodist .91 .82
Reformed
.81 .84
OTHER
Mormon .25 .87
Christian Science
1.22
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ALL OTHERS
.71 .23
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS BY INCOME AND EDUCATION
WHAT IS THE BIBLE?
Recent
Literal
Inspired
Fable
Creation Truth
Word
EDUCATION
College Graduates
25
14
54
29
Partial College
40
17
63
19
H.S. Graduates
52
37
50
11
Not H.S. Graduates
65
58
29
8
INCOME
$50,000 & Over
29
14
59
25
$30,000-$49,999
44
27
56
16
$20,000-$29,999
46
29
53
18
Under $20,000
59
49
38
9