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Even more worrisome to many youth ministers was the Barna survey finding that 61% of the adults polled who are now in their 20s said they had participated in church activities as teens but no longer do. Some experts point out that young people typically drift from organized religion in early adulthood, but others say the high attrition is a sign that churches need to change the way they try to engage the next generation of the faithful. "This dip should serve as an exhortation for everyone to be about the business of discipleship, missions and a higher calling than...
...study of religion has value in and of itself. Harvard should not deny that and must teach religion for religion’s sake...
However, the description of the philosophy behind the reason and faith requirement stands out in this area. In the general education report, curiously enough, there is no mention of the fundamental principles of religious thought, even though the general education report stresses that students are affected by religion and should think critically about it. As the report states, “These courses are not prescriptive: their aim is to help students understand the interplay between religious and secular institutions, practices, and ideas.” This apparent exclusion of the basic principles of religion from the reason and faith...
...committee’s implication is clear—religion may be useful as a lens through which we can better see our society, but it has less intrinsic value as a field of study than, say, science, history, or literature. Otherwise, why wouldn’t the general education committee require Harvard students to actually learn about religion as they do other fields? The general education report has relegated religion to the current events forum to be examined solely in the areas where it has overlap with society. In no way will students be able to acquire a deeper...
Perhaps the required study of religion has no place at a secular university. But religion courses aren’t designed to convince or indoctrinate. Their purpose is to explore an academic discipline that receives little or no treatment at Harvard. Studying religion involves coping with unanswerable questions, confronting humanity’s limitations, and thinking beyond oneself. No literature or science course can teach these skills. And regardless of whether students are atheist or devout, thinking about religion in an academic environment expands their view of the world and opens their minds to a new and different...