Ando: Religion is a very special form of cultural capital. Its people's most fundamental beliefs about the world. Secular societies tend to fall into much lower birth rates. They don't reproduce them elves. And religion, even adjusting for income, has predictive power over birth rate. It's one reason why america still has a stable or typically growing population,. along with emigration. American religion has stayed remarkably strong for our level of income.

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