Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Religiousity and America

Check out this chart created by the Pew Research Center that appeared on the New York Times the other day:


It appears to show that the wealthy of a nation is inversely related to how important people say that "religion" is to them. The United States in the one exception to this pattern--why? I wonder whether the way the question, "Is religion important to you?" is perceived in different cultures has something to do with it? On the other hand, I do know anecdotally that the U.S. is a much more "religiously" inclined country then, say, Canada. That doesn't mean more "spiritual," whatever that means, but at least it's more "religious."

Food for thought.

-t

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