It was the "eastern" and "new age" beliefs that made it newsworthy, though. Well over half of those surveyed find something "other" to believe in, whether it's reincarnation, yoga as a spiritual practice, astrology, spiritual energy in mountains, trees or crystals, or that old-time favorite, the "evil eye." In a different direction, and on a different continent, the tiny seed of liberal religion has found some fertile soil; mostly as a result of Africans having contact with Unitarians in the US, but also by "Google-powered spiritual journeys"/Fort Boise. More here. 

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Question: Do you mix-and-match your religious beliefs, either by attending churches of other denomations occasionally or by sprinkling in some "eastern" and "new age" spirituality?