July 28, 2009

Religion and College

"[O]ur results suggest that postmodernism, rather than science, is the bête noir -- the strongest antagonist -- of religiosity." A UMichigan study looks at the religious habits of college students:

  • Being a humanities or a social science major has a statistically significant negative effect on religiosity -- measured by either religious attendance and how important students consider the importance of religion in their lives. The impact appears to be strongest in the social sciences.
  • Students in education and business show an increase in religiosity over their time at college.
I wonder if they studied ND...

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