The Spiritual Life of College Students: A National Study of College Students' Search for Meaning and Purpose

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Evolution and personal religious belief: Christian university biology-related majors' search for reconciliation (2011, background): “According to a 2004 study on the spirituality of college students, 26% of freshmen at colleges and universities across America considered themselves to be born-again Christians (Astin et al., 2005). Other studies have shown that a large number of college-bound Christians choose to attend secular col”
Religiosity and spirituality during the transition to adulthood (2010, background): “HERI surveys (Astin et al., 2005a, 2005b) of American faculty and college students found that students are seeking answers to spiritual questions and that most faculty describe themselves as spiritual, but fewer describe themselves as religious.”
Perceptions of Multiple Identities Among Black College Students (2009, background): “Moreover, a majority of college students in the United States identify themselves as spiritual and define that spirituality as a central aspect of their identities (Astin et al., 2005).”