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Bible Belt (disambiguation)

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Bible Belt is an informal term for a region in the southeastern and south-central United States in which socially conservative evangelical protestantism is a significant part of the culture.

It is also used more generically for any region of a country that is more conservative and religious than the country as a whole, as in:

Social geography

  • Bible Belt (Netherlands) (Dutch: bijbelgordel or biblebelt), a strip of land in the Netherlands, which is inhabited mainly by conservative Protestants
  • Bible Belt (Sweden) (Swedish: bibelbältet), an area in southern Sweden around Jönköping, which is more religious than most of Sweden
  • Bible Belt (Norway) (Norwegian: bibelbeltet), the southwestern coastal area of Norway between Aust-Agder and Møre og Romsdal, which is more religious than most of Norway. There is also a "Little Bible Belt" (lille bibelbeltet) in the southeast near the Swedish border, covering Rømskog, Marker and Aremark.

Music

See also