Afican American college students; belief & doubt; college freshmen; college students; religious life; postsecondary education; spiritual life
摘要
This article focuses on a study of the spiritual views of college freshmen released last week, according to which African-American students are more likely than other students to believe in God, pray, and attend religious services frequently. The primary results of the study, "Spirituality in Higher Education: A National Study of College Students' Search for Meaning and Purpose," were released in April and showed that while most freshmen believed in God, fewer than half followed religious teachings in their daily lives. The study, conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles, also found that most students were interested in grappling with big questions like the meaning of life. The newly released results show how religious belief varies depending on race. For instance, 95 percent of African-American students believe in God, compared with 84 percent of Latinos, 78 percent of whites, and 65 percent of Asian-Americans.
