Religiosity and economic development

[All Along The Watchtower]

Ah yes, the "people are religious because they are poor and uneducated" canard. How convenient.

[All Along The Watchtower]

The United States is one of the wealthiest of the Western industrialized countries, but it also has a less than impressive social "safety net", along with extreme economic and social inequality. So maybe that's one relationship to investigate. Another could be the simple fact that the US Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, combined with prohibiting the establishment of a State Church.