tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245966095246940536.post4022335958526858378..comments2024-03-03T05:46:38.909-08:00Comments on God, Politics, and Baseball: Education and Church Attendance: The Conventional Wisdom is WrongSean F. Evertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147243372419180570noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245966095246940536.post-30216534151485748562011-11-17T01:58:23.634-08:002011-11-17T01:58:23.634-08:00Good stuff. Thought provoking. I think it is imp...Good stuff. Thought provoking. I think it is important to not mistake behavior for belief. I think the primary argument is that education leads to less faith-based (i.e. 'secular') beliefs and this seems supported by the data you present. I suspect, but have no data to support, that the relationship between education and any type of church attendance may be substantially explained by class differences in lifestyle and in particular job types. Many non-professional jobs do not grant stable 2 day weekends (ie service sector). For various reasons this would make it more difficult to attend church on a routine basis. Or at least increase the opportunity cost for doing so vs. those classes/groups with standard work schedules.briancolwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09793440528271738330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245966095246940536.post-374945396732605202011-11-16T22:47:27.077-08:002011-11-16T22:47:27.077-08:00There's a nice paper by Larry Iannaccone, Roge...There's a nice paper by Larry Iannaccone, Roger Finke, and Rodney Stark that examine religious belief by academic discipline. The least religious academics are social scientists, followed those in the life scientists, and then the physical sciences. Mathematicians are the most religious group. Within the social sciences, anthropologists and psychologists are the least religious; they are followed by sociologists, then political scientists, and finally economists.Sean F. Evertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09147243372419180570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245966095246940536.post-66938079322744047002011-11-16T22:39:49.110-08:002011-11-16T22:39:49.110-08:00Probably people are thinking of things like this: ...Probably people are thinking of things like this: http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/sci_relig.htm, which is old, but makes that point that it has not changed much over time. Since the number of people who don't attend at all and attend weekly is pretty close for those with graduate degrees, it would be interesting to break it down by type of degree. For instance, biologists are the least likely to believe in god.Donald Steinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17900039237896221015noreply@blogger.com