Macrobius
01-11-10, 19:11
http://whigger.weremight.com/whigger/story.php?title=southerners-are-religious-but-how-many-actually-go-to-church
What makes someone religious: How important faith is in their lives, or how often they actually attend services?
According to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, there's a big difference between the two, even in Bible Belt states in the South.
Last month, Pew ranked all 50 states by their "religiousness," using four different measures (importance of religion to those being surveyed, worship attendance, frequency of prayer and belief in God).
Unsurprisingly, Southern states ranked high. In all 13* Southern states the Institute and Facing South follow, the people surveyed scored above the national average in each category.
But by using four different lenses on what it means to be "religious," the survey revealed some interesting discrepancies.
For example: The difference between the percentage of people who say "religion is very important in their lives" and those who "attend religious services at least once a week."
By my calculations, there's roughly a 20-point difference between the two in South. I compiled a map that breaks it down by state:
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http://www.southernstudies.org/assets_c/2010/01/Southern%20Religion%20Graf%20Jan10-thumb-350x418.jpg
Rest at link. Nice to see SC (after MS) tops the the chart at 'putting your feet where your mouth is'.
yeah, this whole rant is from the ultra-liberal southernstudies.org
What makes someone religious: How important faith is in their lives, or how often they actually attend services?
According to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, there's a big difference between the two, even in Bible Belt states in the South.
Last month, Pew ranked all 50 states by their "religiousness," using four different measures (importance of religion to those being surveyed, worship attendance, frequency of prayer and belief in God).
Unsurprisingly, Southern states ranked high. In all 13* Southern states the Institute and Facing South follow, the people surveyed scored above the national average in each category.
But by using four different lenses on what it means to be "religious," the survey revealed some interesting discrepancies.
For example: The difference between the percentage of people who say "religion is very important in their lives" and those who "attend religious services at least once a week."
By my calculations, there's roughly a 20-point difference between the two in South. I compiled a map that breaks it down by state:
...
http://www.southernstudies.org/assets_c/2010/01/Southern%20Religion%20Graf%20Jan10-thumb-350x418.jpg
Rest at link. Nice to see SC (after MS) tops the the chart at 'putting your feet where your mouth is'.
yeah, this whole rant is from the ultra-liberal southernstudies.org