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The South has risen again, at least in terms of belief in God.

Mississippi is the America's most religious state, according to a Pew Forum study on the levels of devotion in America, which asked respondents whether religion is important in their lives. Eighty-two percent of Mississipians said yes.

"That is not too surprising," said William F. Lawhead, chairman of the religion and philosophy department at the University of Mississippi. "This is the Bible Belt. We are primarily made up of small towns - not many urban areas like Dallas and so on, where there's a lot of people coming and going - so most of the people are homegrown."

The state is overwhelmingly Christian, he added, although an influx of Vietnamese immigrants who are involved in the state's coastal fishing industry has brought in Buddhist adherents.

READ more Information at: washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/22/mississippi-earns-most-religious-nod/

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