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Summary of Religious Bodies in Brazil*
    Christian 84%
          Roman Catholics 4.6%
          Protestant 17.8%
          Independent 15.0%
          Marginal 0.8%
          Orthodox 0.1%
          Anglican 0.1%
          Double affiliation [31.8%]
    Spiritualists 4.9%
    Nonreligious 2.4%
    Atheists 0.3%
    New-Religions 0.3%
    Buddhists 0.3%
    Jewish 0.2%
    Ethnoreligions 0.1%

    *Source: World Christian Encyclopedia, 2001, Oxford University Press. Vol 1: p 131



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