In a recent blog post a fellow contributor posed the question: “what is the relationship between democracy and religiosity?” There at least seems to be a relationship between per capita GDP and religiosity. In a NYTimes Op-Ed column, Charles M. Blow plotted a graph based on per capita GDP and religious adherence.
The data is drawn from a recent Gallop poll. Mr. Blow also notes that “[s]ixty-five percent of Americans say that religion is an important part of their daily lives. That is compared with just 30 percent of the French, 27 percent of the British and 24 percent of the Japanese.”
