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Two female students and a male student post next to a Chi Alpha Campus Ministry standing banner on the Missouri State University campus.

What does campus religious life look like?

A new study will try to answer this question.

January 12, 2021 by Strategic Communication

To find out the role religion plays on American college campuses today, Missouri State University’s Dr. John Schmalzbauer and his team of co-researchers are exploring the landscape of campus ministries across the country.

A three-year grant of more than $981,000 from Lilly Endowment Inc. has made this project possible.

Despite COVID challenges, research work has begun and will continue until fall 2022. This project builds on the 2004-2008 National Study of Campus Ministries Schmalzbauer was involved with previously.

Schmalzbauer, a religious studies professor, shares more about the study and its purpose.

  1. A study of religion in higher education


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Filed Under: Discovery, Faculty and Staff Page Tagged With: College of Humanities and Public Affairs, faculty, John Schmalzbauer, Missouri State Journal, Religious studies, research

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