As it turns out, not surprisingly, the relationship between religion and education is complex. According to a new Pew Research study published Wednesday, “higher levels of education are linked with lower levels of religious commitment by some measures, such as belief in God, how often people pray and how important they say religion is to them” — except when it comes to Christianity. This is either due to lingering traditional Christian beliefs still being passed down from older generations, or, some even might say, the transcending, comprehensive power of the Christian faith — or both.

Embracing education; shunning religion as a priority