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IT鈥橲 time to recant the orthodoxy that women are the more pious sex. A new
multi-faith study of religious behaviour in Britain reveals that men are more
likely than women to practise their religion鈥攊n every major faith bar
Christianity.

That doesn鈥檛 mean that women鈥檚 religious feelings or experiences are weaker
than men鈥檚, cautions psychologist Kate Loewenthal. The difference may reflect
cultural influences. For instance, Muslims and Jews generally consider the
religious role of men more important, and women are under less pressure to
attend places of worship. In some cases they are actively
discouraged鈥攚omen are not supposed to enter a mosque if they are
menstruating, for example.

The traditional view that women are the more pious sex is based on studies
done almost exclusively on Christians, says Loewenthal. So her team at Royal
Holloway University of London surveyed 530 Christian, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim
men and women about their religious practice.

The team assessed activity such
as prayer, study of religious texts and visits to a place of worship. 鈥淲e found
that in the non-Christian religions in Britain the men were more religious than
the women,鈥� says Loewenthal.

Daniel Batson, a psychologist at the University of Kansas, agrees that the
findings could be due to cultural differences among the religions. But he
cautions that British culture could also be having some unforeseen effect.
鈥淓urope is quite different in religion from the US,鈥� he says. 鈥淚n Europe,
religion is not seen as the bastion of culture that it once was.鈥�