Why India's Recent Religious Boom Matters

One hundred years ago, in July 1921, a headline in the Literary Digest declared the United States the "most religious country on earth." Even today, America is often described as the "most religious country in the developed world" -- and it's true that, while surveys show that religious membership and belief in God have been declining here for many years, the American people remain by many measures much more religious than their counterparts in much of Europe.