გავრცელებულია აზრი, რომ ადამიანის რელიგიურობა განათლებულობის კლებადი ფუნქციაა. ეს რელიგიის ზოგიერთ ასპექტს ალბათ მართლაც შეეხება, მაგრამ, გელაპის '03-ის კვლევის თანახმად, ყველა ასპექტს -- არა.
მოკლედ, რამდენიმე დიაგრამა:
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საქართველოში არ ვიცი, მაგრამ აშშ-ში გავრცელებულია აზრი, რომ კოლეჯში შესვლის შემდეგ ადამიანი ბუნებრივად ათეიზმისკენ იხრება. ეს სრულ იგნორირებას უკეთებს იმ ფაქტებს, როდესაც ადამიანის რწმენის გაღრმავება სწორედ ამ დროს ხდება. ამასთან დაკავშირებით გთავაზობთ
HuffPo-ს მიერ გამოქვეყნებული რამდენიმე საუკეთესო კოლეჯის სტუდენტის ციტატას:
Aamir Ahmed Khan @ University of Notre Dame» სპოილერის ნახვისთვის დააწკაპუნეთ აქ «
I was born and raised in Pakistan as a Muslim with good morals and religious upbringing. Before going to college, I never got the exposure to question and ponder upon my faith. Going to one of the elitist colleges of the nation for my engineering degree and studying with people from diverse family backgrounds enlightened me a lot. I got exposed to different interpretations of Islam and started questioning that my version might not absolutely be correct.
Living in Europe and US for my graduate studies further enlightened my world outlook. For the first time in life, I got exposed to other religions and cultures and experienced the western values of human rights and liberty. But the heinous side of the same society, the ever increasing lewdness and hedonism which cannot help the high levels of personal discontent among masses, made me think that something must be wrong with this lifestyle. Also witnessing more and more people converting to Islam from other religions and from their hedonistic pasts drew me closer to my faith.
Armed with the exposure and intellect owing to my college and graduate education, I took a step back and pondered upon Islam and its fundamental principles. Being a student of science and a researcher myself, I couldn't help but wonder about the scale of universe and the creations of God. The more I pondered, the closer I found myself to God and the more I found solace in practicing my religion. I can certainly say that now I practice my religion with a purpose and with a greater zeal than I ever did before going to college.
Natalia Guerrero @ MIT» სპოილერის ნახვისთვის დააწკაპუნეთ აქ «
In college, I was introduced to an amazing Catholic community on campus that I became actively involved in, a family of friends while I was away from home. My relationships with many of my friends in the group helped me through my most stressful times and inspired me to seek growth in my relationship with Christ. I started to pray more often and more openly and my prayers slowly changed from a list of intentions to something more like a conversation. I definitely think college is an great time to grow in faith because of the community often found there.
Tracy Brätt @ Vassar College» სპოილერის ნახვისთვის დააწკაპუნეთ აქ «
I came to Vassar College in 2009 after having attended Catholic schools my entire life. Suddenly, it was now my decision to attend Mass every Sunday; no one was going to encourage (or occasionally force) me to go. That is precisely why I became involved not only with the Vassar Catholic Community, but also with interreligious dialogue on campus. I best connect with God through music, so thankfully I have been able to sing with my fellow students every Sunday afternoon. These experiences have allowed me to strengthen my own faith while also learning about other religious practices. I doubt I would have grown in my faith had I attended a Catholic college – it would have been too familiar, and I needed the spiritual challenge in developing my own faith.
Allegra Wiprud @ Princeton University» სპოილერის ნახვისთვის დააწკაპუნეთ აქ «
I arrived at Princeton a dedicated "seeker." Raised in a progressive Christian household in New York, in high school I decided religion was not for me and dove headfirst into yoga, meditation, and studying philosophy (Eastern and Western). Over the course of my freshman year, I began to go deeper into the teachings and practices of yoga, both on and off the mat, as it were, and also started spending more and more time with the small Hindu community on campus. At some point, something clicked. After much soul-searching, discussion with my mentors, and faith-building experiences, I shared with my parents and friends that I was converting to Hinduism. The last year and a half or so has been an interesting one, for sure, full of beautiful and nourishing experiences, thought-provoking and confusing experiences, and an awful lot of reading. Challenges include dealing with a strict vegetarian diet on a college campus, balancing my time and energy to maintain an active spiritual practice while taking five classes, and representing Hinduism while sitting largely outside Indian culture. But I've got a lot of help from friends and mentors. I've become deeply involved in faith-based organizing and interfaith work on and off campus, and am considering going for an M.Div along with a Masters in Public Policy. I think, had I not been at Princeton, I wouldn't have been in the circumstances to explore faith in this way. The supportive environment of our Office of Religious Life -- and the deep wisdom and great personalities of our 15 or so chaplains alongside our interfaith group and many religious student organizations -- makes it easy!
Michael Carper @ Wabash College» სპოილერის ნახვისთვის დააწკაპუნეთ აქ «
I began freshman year at a small, secular, liberal-arts college without expecting much spiritual change. A history of Christianity course changed that. As a cradle Catholic, I had never been exposed to the intellectual tradition of the Church, and was struggling with moral teachings that seemed old-fashioned in a college environment. However, this religious history course, expertly taught by a renowned church historian, showed me how much thought and effort had been put into 2,000 years of theology, and that every problem I was struggling with had come up before. For the first time, Christianity seemed to "make sense." Reading writers like Augustine and John Henry Newman, and discussion with fellow academically-inclined Catholics, has solidified my faith in ways I couldn't have imagined. I now lead the Catholic group on campus and will hopefully go to graduate school to continue studying church history.
George Murphy @ Tufts University» სპოილერის ნახვისთვის დააწკაპუნეთ აქ «
I came into college a fairly religious person; my Greek Orthodox faith was my support and strength, it tied my to a rich heritage and sacred tradition. My priest, ironically, was one of the few sources of comfort after a horrific coming out experience. One of the first experiences I had at school was going with some new friends to our Hillel Center. The warmth, love, and community in the room was overwhelming and inspiring. I never understood religious community until that very moment, because bickering and church politics have become the norm in Orthodox Christian circles. My friends now love to joke that I am the most religious Jew they know who isn't Jewish. It has been two years since those first moments at Hillel, but every time I walk through the doors for Erev Shabbat or the High Holidays, it still feels like home.
This post has been edited by Vancho on 18 Sep 2012, 22:48 
რელიგიურობა & განათლებულობა, გელაპის კვლევა '03; სტუდენტების აზრები
