Pew Survey Says America Most Religious of Wealthy Nations

The latest poll by the Pew Research Center reveals that Americans place a higher degree of personal importance on religion than residents of other wealthy countries. The survey of 44 countries, part of The Pew Global Attitudes Project, also found that residents of Asia, Latin America, and Africa tend to place a great deal of importance on religion in their own lives. – YaleGlobal

Pew Survey Says America Most Religious of Wealthy Nations

Monday, December 23, 2002

Religion is much more important to Americans than to people living in other wealthy nations. Fully six-in-ten Americans say religion plays a very important role in their lives compared with just 33% of those surveyed in Great Britain and even fewer people in Canada, Western Europe and Japan.

The 44-nation survey of the Pew Global Attitudes Project shows stark regional differences over the personal importance of religion. Throughout Africa, Latin America, and in Muslim countries, there is broad agreement that religion is very important. But secularism is prevalent in Europe. Americans' views are closer to people in developing nations than to the publics of developed nations.

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