| Religion in American Samoa | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Islam | 0.03% | ||
| Christianity | 97.9% | ||
| - Protestant | 42.7% | ||
| - Catholic | 27.3% | ||
| - Pentecostal | 5.3% | ||
| - Other Christian | 22.6% | ||
| Non-religious | 0.9% | ||
| Source: [1] | |||
Practicing citations edit
The author of the article, Grant Wyeth, is a political analyst who has written on issues across the Indo-pacific region and has been published by a number of well-known and accredited journals and publications including the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and the Lowy Institute.[2]
The source gives an overview of the Muslim population in the Oceania region, which includes Australia and hundreds of its surrounding Islands in the South Pacific such as American Samoa. [3]
The classification of American Samoa as a territory of the United States is extremely important when looking at the 2002 decision to ban natives from a number of Middle Eastern and predominately Muslim countries as this decision was driven by a fear that association with the US would lead to potential conflicts in their territories.[4]
Furthermore, it is directly relevant to the article topic as it speaks of the religious landscape in American Samoa and the complexities that were associated with establishing a nation that is founded on God wherein governing and religious belief are thoroughly intertwined. [5]
Answers to Module 7 Questions edit
Graph of the religious population of American Samoa 2015
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Reference list edit
- ^ Association of Religion Data Archives, 2020. American Samoa. Retrieved from https://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_5_1.asp
- ^ https://thediplomat.com/2017/06/samoa-officially-becomes-a-christian-state/#:~:text=The%20constitutional%20change%20is%20aimed%20at%20avoiding%20religious%20unrest.&text=A%20Catholic%20cathedral%20in%20Apia%2C%20the%20capital%20city%20of%20Samoa.&text=In%20early%20June%2C%20the%20Samoan,secular%20to%20a%20Christian%20state.
- ^ http://www.ijesd.org/show-23-289-1.html
- ^ https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191870903.001.0001/acref-9780191870903-e-72
- ^ https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-90-481-3389-5_23
- ^ Kettani, H. (2010). Muslim population in Oceania: 1950-2020. Retrievd from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271301613_Muslim_Population_in_Oceania_1950_-_2020
- ^ https://Association of Religion Data Archives, 2020. American Samoa. Retrieved from https://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_5_1.asp