[IP] How religion defines America
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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:55:03 -0300
From: Claudio Gutierrez <cgutierrez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: How religion defines America
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
from the BBC, for IP if you like
How religion defines America
By Dr Richard Land
Southern Baptist Convention
Unlike some other Western countries, the United States remains an
overwhelmingly religious society. The BBC programme What the World Thinks
of God examines the modern world's relationship with God. Among those
taking part is Dr Richard Land who explains how profoundly religion
influences American society and politics.
The USA is a very religious society. Evidence abounds demonstrating
Americans' deep and abiding religious convictions.
A Gallup Poll released in November 2003 found that six out of ten Americans
said that religion was "very important" in their lives.
In contrast, in Canada and the United Kingdom, two societies often
perceived as quite similar to the United States, only 28% and 17%
respectively described religion as similarly important in their lives.
A survey done in 2001 by the City University of New York Graduate Center
found that 85% of Americans identify with some religious faith.
The same study concluded that by most standards the United States was a
more professingly religious country than any European nations except
Ireland and Poland.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/wtwtgod/3518221.stm
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