Changes in Religion among College Students, 1948 to 1974
Surveys of Williams College men in 1948, 1967, and 1974 asked about religious beliefs and related attitudes. The percentage of students rejecting home religious traditions increased from 1948 to 1974; the shifts were to more liberal and humanistic viewpoints. Church participation and positive attitu...
| Published in: | Journal for the scientific study of religion |
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| Subtitles: | Changes in Religion among College Students, nineteen hundred forty-eight to nineteen hundred seventy-four |
| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1976]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Middle class
B Orthodox Church B Protestant Ethics B Questionnaires B Protestant Theology B Catholicism B College students |
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| Summary: | Surveys of Williams College men in 1948, 1967, and 1974 asked about religious beliefs and related attitudes. The percentage of students rejecting home religious traditions increased from 1948 to 1974; the shifts were to more liberal and humanistic viewpoints. Church participation and positive attitudes toward the church both decreased from 1948 to 1974, but orthodoxy of religious beliefs did not change after 1967. The percentage of students reporting a reaction at some time against parental beliefs rose from 57 percent in 1948 to 79 percent in 1974, and the median age of the reaction fell two years in that time. The effect of college on students' religion has decreased, suggesting that the main period of formulation of religious views has shifted to an earlier age, more in high school than college. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1386087 |