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...thinkers to understand the alternative point of view. And Harvard students get this exposure through the current Core, which requires every student to read secular moral thinkers. But, likewise, atheists who don’t understand how someone can be religious should be required to take a class about religion...
...Even without a Reason and Faith requirement, students can study how different religions answer these questions through courses in the Religion Department or at the Divinity School. But requiring that all students take a course about religion sends a clear message: Harvard does not look down upon the millions of people in this country and around the world who entertain the idea that there may be a God. In fact, such a requirement would show that Harvard requires its graduates to respect religion and acknowledge that religious people can be very intellectual. Requiring religion classes will broaden?...
...Behind America's Different Perceptions of God Researchers who divided religion into four view of God say that's a better indicator than denomination
...Behind America's Different Perceptions of God Researchers who divided religion into four view of God say that's a better indicator than denomination
...When sociologists at Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) commenced a landmark three-year survey on religion in America, they did something different. The survey has been called the most extensive and sensitive study of religion ever conducted, with more than 1,700 people who each answered nearly 400 questions on American religion and spirituality."We wanted to do something that most surveys don't and that is to probe questions that are typically not asked on surveys," said researcher Dr. Byron Johnson, professor of sociology and co-director of the ISR, when the results were released...