Book chapter
Religiously unaffiliated students in the United States: characteristics, experiences, and outcomes
Religion and Higher Education in Europe and North America, pp.63-76
Routledge
2017
DOI: 10.4324/9781315623894-8
Abstract
By almost any metric, the United States is one of the most religious postindustrial countries in the world. For instance, in a survey of 30 countries (Smith 2012), 3 percent of people in the US reported that they do not believe in God versus 18 percent in Great Britain, 20 percent in the Netherlands, and 23 percent in France. Only Chile, Cyprus, and the Philippines ranked lower than the US. Conversely, 61 percent of people in the US said that they know God exists and have no doubts about it; this figure contrasts sharply with those from other post-industrial nations, including Denmark (13 percent), Sweden (10 percent), and Japan (4 percent). Moreover, according to a large-scale study from the Pew Research Center (2015), a majority of adults in the US report praying daily (55 percent) and believing that religion is very important (53 percent).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Religiously unaffiliated students in the United States: characteristics, experiences, and outcomes
- Creators
- Nicholas A Bowman - University of Iowa, Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Religion and Higher Education in Europe and North America, pp.63-76
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.4324/9781315623894-8
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2017
- Academic Unit
- Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984283569102771
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