American Fundamentalism

A stream of consciousness quickie from the blog of Noam Chomsky:

There are studies, often, asking people whether religious beliefs are “very important” to them, how often they attend religious services, etc. There are also interesting studies relating intensity of religious belief (by such measures) with economic development. It turns out that there is a very close correlation: the more developed the society, the lower the intensity of religious belief. The United States, alone in the studies I have seen, is completely off the chart, with far higher religious commitment than predicted by level of development.

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