The Rev. Paul Sorrentino is coordinator for religious life at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass. His doctoral work at Princeton Theological Seminary focused on religious pluralism in the academy and included a survey of Amherst students regarding their views on religious pluralism. While he advises the Christian Fellowship at Amherst, Sorrentino writes that “we respond best to religious plurality […]

On April 11, 2006, Harvard University’s Institute of Politics released a poll showing that seven of 10 college students in the U.S. say religion is somewhat important or very important in their lives. Morality played a strong role in their political views, and they see issues ranging from abortion to disaster relief as having moral implications.

June 1, 2013, Associated Press article about the Catholic Church’s waning influence in American politics. The article is posted on The Washington Post website.

A 2007 survey covering spirituality in U.S. university students tracks the students’ religious beliefs, the change in religious interests over time and how home influences may effect university religious activism.

A survey regarding spiritual interest by students attending universities has increased over the last decade, according to the Interfaith Youth Core administration in 2012.

Read this article from HowStuffWorks about why humans have a tendency to give.

Read a Jan. 31, 2012 article about universities’ responsibility with addressing religion, and how that relationship would be implemented in curriculums or programs.

Bryan Fischer is the former director of issue analysis for government and public policy at the American Family Association, where he is now host of its “Focal Point” radio show. He has suggested that no more Muslims should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S.

Read a Nov. 29, 2010, post at ReligionDispatches by Gary Laderman, titled “The Economy is Sacred, Stupid.” Laderman, chair of the religion department at Emory University, dissects the American impulse using religious tools.