Remember that just because something is published doesn't make it right. Most studies actually require statistical analysis, which is why the most trustworthy studies are actually meta-analysis, or even meta-meta-analysis.
For the subject you're trying to learn about, I'd be surprised if there was any actual statistical data to back the claims.
Religious indoctrination doesn’t promote progress:
This paper studies when religion can hamper diffusion of knowledge and economic development, and through which mechanism. I examine Catholicism in France during the Second Industrial Revolution (1870–1914). In this period, technology became skill-intensive, leading to the introduction of technical education in primary schools. I find that more religious locations had lower economic development after 1870. Schooling appears to be the key mechanism: more religious areas saw a slower adoption of the technical curriculum and a push for religious education. In turn, religious education was negatively associated with industrial development 10 to 15 years later, when schoolchildren entered the labor market.