Yes, any review of American religious populations will be skewed from other nations. Because of the religious freedom that is valued here, people may find themselves exposed to many different traditions especially if they take even minimal effort to look. I would think that anyone who changes from their native/childhood religion to a new one would already be amongst a more inquisitive (and therefore literate?) population.
That Judaism outperforms the other Abrahamic varieties does not surprise me. What little I see of Judaism (on American television, ugh!) is frequently colored with animated arguments full of exposition on how to interpret different religious passages, each side trying to convince the other of their point. That kind of inquiry and discourse (if accurately represented) must be good practice for any literacy evaluation.
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Date: 2010-Sep-15, Wednesday 04:35 pm (UTC)That Judaism outperforms the other Abrahamic varieties does not surprise me. What little I see of Judaism (on American television, ugh!) is frequently colored with animated arguments full of exposition on how to interpret different religious passages, each side trying to convince the other of their point. That kind of inquiry and discourse (if accurately represented) must be good practice for any literacy evaluation.