A Mormon, a Catholic Christian, and a Protestant Christian college are the top three schools that have the most religious student body, according to an annual college rankings list by The Princeton Review.
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(Photo: AP Images / Brian Kersey)In this file photo, joggers run through the campus of Wheaton College on Friday, June 20, 2003, in Wheaton, Ill.
The list, recently published in Best 368 Colleges: 2009 Edition, contains rankings for the nation's colleges with the most religious and the least religious students. It is based 100 percent on student responses.
The college test-prep company asked 120,000 students at 368 colleges and universities to rate their schools on a scale of 1 to 5 in categories ranging from political views to financial aid.
Among the many questions, students were asked to rate how much they agreed with the statement: "Students are very religious at my college."
Brigham Young University, a Mormon school in Utah, received the highest rankings from its students in the religious category followed by the Indiana-based University of Notre Dame, a Catholic institution. Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian liberal arts college in Illinois, ranked third as home to the most religious students.
The least religious students, according to the survey, was found in Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore.
Schools with the most religious students:
1.Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah)
2.University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana)
3.Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois)
4.Grove City College (Grove City, Pennsylvania)
5.Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, Michigan)
Schools with the least religious students are:
1.Lewis and Clark College (Portland, Oregon)
2.Eugene Lang College: The New School for Liberal Arts ( New York)
3.Reed College (Portland, Oregon)
4.Bennington College (Bennington, Vermont)
5.Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, New York)
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darrenlabrum - Scriptures also declare there is only one God - a claim which the polythiest heretical Mormon sect ignores.
A quick followup to my previous post:
From the official Brigham Young University - University Core Catalog:
"All students at BYU should be taught the truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Any education is inadequate which does not emphasize that His is the only name given under heaven whereby mankind can be saved.... "
I have found this statement to be fulfilled throughout my education at BYU. They mean what they say there...
And you have proof of the heir? Gods Blessing In Christ Tom
Even if John was on some Patmos mushrooms at the time?
Isn't it interesting to note that the founder of LDS, Mr. Joseph Smith, actually died in a gun fight where he had just administered Martial Law with his followers.
A Martyr is someone who gives their life for their faith and doesn't fight against those who are trying to kill you. Joseph Smith did not die as a martyr, but rather as a gun slinging cowboy.
Historical record has a funny way of bringing to light to the sillyness of human behavior. Read only a little bit of history about Joseph Smith and you will wonder why anyone is a Mormon. Also, ever since the founding of the "Rosetta Stone" , Joseph's Smith's claims that he received these writing and only he could translate them are now erroneous since the Rosetta Stone can easilly translate the writings. By using the Rosetta Stone, the book of Mormon is proved to be nothing more than a jumbalaya of Gnostic beliefs. Which is a nice way of saying the book of Mormon is made up.
"No further public revelation about Jesus Christ can be accepted after the death of the Apostle John and no private revelation may go against the Sacred Scriptures of the Bible, and therefore the book of Mormon is a revelation outside of christianity and is a revelation contrary to the Good News of Jesus Christ."
I'm with Believer on this one. I'm a little uneasy that the colleges I've attended and are associated with are not in the top five (Thank God, not in the bottom five either). So, I'm not sure if they were included in the survey.
And what questions do you ask to determine one's "religiosity" ???
There are so many false prophets out there, Joseph Smith is one of them! Please, check everything with the Divine Scriptures - God's Holy Word. One God forever and ever, to Him be the glory!
darrenlabrum:
Please, I beg of you, read the Bible, to back check what Joseph Smith says. He's a false prophet! Read the good old King James version, a tried and true translation (I personally read NIV). Don't read the 'Inspired Version' which is the Mormon propoganda translation.
Read the Scriptures. There is only one God, and one Son of God (Jesus Christ), who is by his very nature God (Philipians 2). Please, don't be deceived, Mormons are not Christians - they are polythiest pagans.
We're saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, not the stairwell to moral living which every other religion espouses. Christians are born again, born of the Spirit of God. I speak to you, for my greatest wish is that you would come to see the truth of Christ and the truth of the gospel.
I realize it's a tough pill to swallow, but please, just backcheck with the Scriptures - the Holy Bible, the 66 books, get a tried and true translation (NIV, KJV, etc.).
Msn Chris:
Thanks for your response, I couldn't have explained it better myself.
They say if you want to work for Pixar, go to BYU...
Here is a Guess Who quiz at http://www.mrm.org/topics/jesus-christ/guess-who
Participants were asked to see if they could determine who their [Mormon] Church leaders were talking about.
Many Muslims consider Christians to be polytheistic. They say we worship three gods: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Seems like 3 to them....
So they only asked 368 colleges and goodness knows what questions they asked to determine the outcome. It would be interesting to not only know what questions they used but which Christian colleges were left out of the survey.
I am currently attending Brigham Young University and just finishing up with my degree from the Marriott School of Management here at BYU. (http://marriottschool.byu.edu)
Going to school here has been a great experience. Secular subjects and spiritual truths are taught throughout one's BYU experience. Faith in Jesus Christ and his gospel have always been a centerpiece of the spiritual truths taught here. My faith in Jesus Christ and his redeeming power have been continually reinforced through the religious education I have received at BYU.
Some other noteworthy rankings about BYU:
From The Princeton Review:
#1 - Stone-Cold Sober Schools
#1 - Students Pray on a Regular Basis
#1 - Future Rotarians and Daughters of the American Revolution
#3 - Best College Library
#4 - Students Most Nostalgic for Ronald Reagan
#1 - Yield: Accepted students who go on to enroll (U.S. News)
From The Wall Street Journal:
#1 - Master of Business Administration program among regional schools.
#2 - Business school ethics emphasis
#4 - Accounting emphasis
Business Week:
#7 - Best Undergraduate Business School (Marriott School)
I've been thankful t be able to attend. The school is run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or otherwise known as the Mormon Church and its teachings. Here is some information about the Mormon Church:
http://jesuschrist.lds.org
http://mormon.org
As a Mormon, I would like to say that I am a Christian. But also, it doesn't bother me if other people don't see it that way. Thankfully we live in a country where we are free to believe, and to express those beliefs, however we want.
JDD, no offense to you but you seem to be quite ignorant of the facts. Mormonism is a cult, and theologians and scholars (I'm not talking about liberal scholars who aren't even believers themselves) would agree. And if you just look at their beliefs, it's a simple fact that they do not adhere to the Bible. Many of them will admit it themselves. I have talked with Mormons who will point to verses in the Bible and say "That is wrong, and I am proud to say it."
Furthermore, surveys also indicate that despite professions of faith, the significant majority of Americans today do NOT adhere to the teachings of Scripture themselves. So, frankly, the American public is not a good source for declaring what is and is not Christian when virtually 70%, according to surveys, of professing Christians in America, pick and choose what they like out of the Bible, and therefore do not even fully believe in the very source that defines the term "Christian".
JDD,
I politely beg to disagree with you. I'm sure there are a lot of people who think that Mormons are Christians and they would be wrong. If your religion rejects the basic creeds of Christianity and the main tenents of Christianity how can you be considered Christian? I am glad they think Jesus is the Savior, but their other beliefs truly redefine what Savior even means. Recently Mit Romney even described Mormonism as something different than historical Christianity of Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox.
A huge difference which does not make Mormons Christians is the fact they are not monotheistic, when they actually are polytheistic and believe in many gods. They believe that Jesus is a created being like us and that he was not begotten. They reject that Jesus is God and He is the Son of God but not anymore than you and I are a son of God, or that the Holy Spirit is God. They believe that the Father is God, but they also believe the Father is created.
They truly should not be considered Christians since they reject the Trinity, the fact Jesus is God, the Holy Spirit is God and the fact they are polytheistic and reject the One uncreated God who created the universe out of nothing. Also, their view of salvation is more a kin to Pelagianism than saved by Grace.
Christianity is defined by some basic tenents and Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox all agree on these. We may have other differences, but none that deny especially who Jesus is and His role to Save us sinners.
Mormonism is not a Christian religion; it is a cult, which denies many of the basic tenets of the Christian faith. Sorry if that is offensive--but the vast majority of Christian theologians agree on this point.
Frankly, the opening to this article continues to be offensive. It should read either "A Mormon, a Catholic, and a Protestant college...", or "Three Christian collages...", or "A Mormon Christian, a Catholic Christian, and a Protestant Christian collage..." The vast majority of objective academic scholars consider Mormonism to be a Christian religion. I believe recent polls have shown that the majority of Americans agree.
Mormon's heretical college is most 'religious'? Don't you mean most 'irreligious'?
Has the first line been changed? It now reads "Catholic Christian and Protestant Christian."
What do you think the reaction would have been if the sentence would have been "A Mormon, a Christian and a Protestant..."?
Yeah, the phrase "a Catholic and a Christian" is pretty inappropriate. I hope that was a mistake.
The first sentence of this article should read: 'A Mormon, a Catholic and an Evangelical college.....'