A recent article on Inside Higher Ed revealed that despite popular opinion, there are almost as many people who believe in god working in academia as there are in the general population. There were some disciplinary differences, however:
In terms of disciplines, professors in psychology and biology are the least likely to believe in God (about 61 percent in each field are atheists or agnostics), with mechanical engineering not far behind at 50 percent. Professors most likely to say that they have no doubt that God exists are in accounting (63 percent), elementary education (57 percent), finance (49 percent), marketing (47 percent) and nursing (44 percent).
The best part however cam after the article was finished. The first comment posted at the bottom of the page reads as follows:
Well, I’ll be damned. (No doubt.) I find it interesting that most of the believers are in schools of business, which is where most of the Republicans are, too. I wonder what that correlation means. Makes intuitive sense to me, though—the kind of Christianity I grew up with was mostly a form of accounting, with a strong marketing department.
2 comments:
thanks for posting the article. very interesting indeed!
I love the comment to the article. I agree; many churches I know of are about money and marketing. It would make sense that people working with money believe in god-because god blesses people monetarily for being good Christians.
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