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Spirituality on the rise on college campuses
Post-Gazzete ^ | Ann McFeatters

Posted on 04/14/2005 9:38:42 AM PDT by Asphalt

WASHINGTON -- Today's colleges are hotbeds of religiosity and prayer where compassion may be on its first major campus upswing since the 1960s, according to a survey released yesterday by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles.

The poll of 112,232 freshmen at 236 colleges and universities found eight in 10 saying they attend religious services, believe in God and care about spirituality. More than two-thirds pray.

(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: academia; generationy; highereducation; spiritualjourney
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To: Pyro7480
I was at a lecture where the son of Blessed Karl of Austria was speaking.

Lucky you! Which one? Where? Tell me more about this.

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