They say comparison is the thief of joy, but when it comes to politics, culture, religion, or economics, comparisons can be damaging, motivating, and even life-changing.

Just as the Heritage Foundation’s economic freedom index is meant to help us understand the role economic freedom plays in different countries worldwide, so too Becket’s new Religious Freedom Index, launched today, hopes to provide us with an understanding of public opinion on different issues of religious freedom and the role of religion in the public square.