Respondents who believe in neither heaven nor hell but do still believe in an afterlife were given the opportunity to describe their idea of this afterlife in the form of an open-ended question that asked: “In your own words, what do you think the afterlife is like?”
adults (26%) say that they do not believe in heaven or hell, including 7% who say they do believe in some kind of afterlife and 17% who do not believe in any afterlife at all. While roughly nine-in-ten Protestants in the evangelical and historically Black traditions believe in hell, only about seven-in-ten mainline Protestants (69%) and 74% of Catholics share this belief. Roughly six-in-ten American adults (62%) say they believe in hell, though once again there are notable differences across subgroups of the population.Īcross most Christian subgroups, smaller shares say they believe in hell than heaven. adults also believe in hell, this belief is less widespread than belief in heaven. This unaffiliated group includes those who describe their religion as “nothing in particular” – half of whom believe in heaven – as well as agnostics (26% of whom believe in heaven) and atheists (3%). Large majorities of all Christian subgroups say they believe in heaven, while belief is much less common among religiously unaffiliated Americans (37%). (The survey did not immediately offer a definition of heaven, though subsequent questions explored what respondents think heaven is like.)
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