Study sees link between education and views of heaven

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(RNS) The old wisdom: The more educated you are, the less likely you
will be religious. But a new study says education doesn't drive people
away from God -- it gives them a more liberal attitude about who's going
to heaven.

Each year of education ups the odds by 15 percent that people will
say there's "truth in more than one religion," says University of
Nebraska-Lincoln professor Philip Schwadel in an article for the Review
of Religious Research. Schwadel, an associate professor of sociology,
looked at 1,800 U.S. adults' reported religious beliefs and practices
and their education.