They longed, too, for the slower ways, the old courtesies and the religiosity of the South.
The deep religiosity of America is contrasted with its strict separation of church and state.
Arguably, America's religiosity and its popular culture spring from the same commitment to free markets.
The belief in innovation is also linked to the (to European eyes) weird religiosity of many Americans.
It is also important to judge the religious-moral vote against the background of American religiosity in general.
Ms. GOLDENBERG: Well, I think because it's - the idea of open religiosity really fascinates people in Britain.
Religiosity, paradoxically, flourished in England and America precisely because it did not emanate from the edicts of absolute monarchs.
Such a large drop in religiosity is startling, but the data on atheists are in line with other polling.
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Maybe religion has no biological basis, but religiosity surely does and it must have been to our evolutionary advantage.
At the same time, alongside all these signs of more intense religiosity, there are indications of mellowing and tolerance.
One is America's religiosity, which means a greater gut-level opposition to the practice.
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What emerges: a man swayed one way by his Mennonite mother's austere religiosity, another by his father's love for experiment and fantasy.
Mr Khan plays up his religiosity (he breaks off speeches to pray).
The religiosity of the age is emphasised, as the saints' days and the natural rituals of the year gain new prominence in the narrative.
American religiosity also has a more indirect influence on foreign policy.
There are other aspects of Tsarnaev's life that suggest growing religiosity.
Many Americans are turned off by overt religiosity in political candidates.
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"The results suggest that spirituality and religiosity play a considerable role in mortality rate reductions, comparable to fruit and vegetable consumption and statin therapy, " the authors wrote.
That embrace will be weakened, not strengthened, by silly attacks on religiosity, stimulating the spiritual to question the seriousness of people who profess a concern for civil liberties.
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But there is a fundamental difference between religion and religiosity.
For many Euro-secularists, America's religiosity is its least attractive characteristic.
These reports suggested that religiosity originates specifically in the brain's temporal lobe, and that religious visions are the result of epileptic seizures that affect this part of the brain.
In a preliminary study, Dr McNamara discovered that those with Parkinson's had lower levels of religiosity than healthy individuals, and that the difference seemed to correlate with the disease's severity.
Even Western Europe, which contains some of the most secular societies on earth, will be affected by a growing tide of religiosity due to immigration from the Muslim world, predicts Kaufman.
This idea, plus his religiosity, undergird his wider politics.
One important factor has been the recent rise in religiosity in Muslim countries, says Ibrahim Warde, author of Islamic Finance in the Global Economy and an adjunct professor of international business at Tufts University.
Or country-club Republicans tired of religiosity and incompetence?
Mike Lafavore, who was editorial director of Meredith Corp. when Griffin was CEO there, says he was puzzled by a story in The New York Times that described Griffin offending employees with his condescension and hyper-religiosity.
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And several recent studies point to a range of factors -- from a mother's religiosity, external emotional support and a grandparent living in the home -- that can concretely contribute to single mothers' raising productive, happy children.
And this brings us to the most contentious question in the scientific study of religion: Is religiosity -- including our tendency to believe in supernatural entities as well as our ability to lose ourselves in religious rites -- an adaptation?
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