ore than ever, religion has become a hot button topic on college campuses. “Scholars and administrators are noticing that our students are more religious than previous generations of college students, and they don’t have a clear sense of why,” notes Darren Sherkat, a professor at Southern Illinois University. Mark C. Taylor, a visiting professor in Columbia University’s department of religion, agrees. “More college students seem to be practicing traditional forms of religion today than at any time in my 30 years of teaching,” he wrote in a New York Times editorial.
via SSRC Guide: Religious Engagement Among American Undergraduates.
