{"id":1247,"date":"2016-12-21T11:18:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T10:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/?p=63865\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:06","slug":"one-in-four-eur-employees-consider-themselves-religious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/12\/21\/one-in-four-eur-employees-consider-themselves-religious\/","title":{"rendered":"One in four EUR employees consider themselves religious"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09223518\/beeld-bij-religieonderzoek-EM-4--1280x826.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139100\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09223518\/beeld-bij-religieonderzoek-EM-4--1280x826.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139100 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09223518\/beeld-bij-religieonderzoek-EM-4--875x564.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139100 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09223518\/beeld-bij-religieonderzoek-EM-4--300x194.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139100 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09223518\/beeld-bij-religieonderzoek-EM-4-.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139100 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\t<div data-name=\"acf\/featured-text\" class=\"md:mt-6 p-4 md:p-6 lg:p-8 bg-sand-300 theme-sand:bg-white theme-violet:bg-white theme-mocha:bg-white wysiwyg *:last:mb-0!\" >\n\t\t<ul>\n<li>One in four employees consider themselves religious<\/li>\n<li>Almost half of them is Protestant<\/li>\n<li>Only 11 percent shares religious or philosophical convictions with students<\/li>\n<li>46 percent thinks science and religion are incompatible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<div data-component=core\/image><figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09223514\/infographic-religieonderzoek-EM-4-300x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139100\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09223514\/infographic-religieonderzoek-EM-4-300x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139100 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09223514\/infographic-religieonderzoek-EM-4-900x900.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139100 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>Erasmus University is a secular university. However, there are still academics working here who have religious beliefs. How large is that group, what do they believe and how is that expressed in their work? To find out, EM conducted a survey. Religion is apparently a big issue, because within three days, 533 staff responded.<\/p>\n<p>26 percent of EUR staff consider themselves religious. Among academics, that percentage is slightly higher, 29 percent, while 21 percent of the support staff are religious. Agnosticism is more common among support staff than among academic staff: 43 percent and 36 percent respectively.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Religious rituals<\/h3><div data-component=core\/image><figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09223516\/infographic-religieonderzoek-EM-4-welke-religie-300x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139100\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09223516\/infographic-religieonderzoek-EM-4-welke-religie-300x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139100 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09223516\/infographic-religieonderzoek-EM-4-welke-religie-900x900.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139100 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>A quarter of the staff practise religious rituals at work; a fifth of them do this every day. The rituals of these 25 percent vary from a monthly \u2018express prayer when something important is about to happen\u2019 to the five daily prayers of Islam. A Muslim academic describes these rituals: \u201cI pray five times a day, even more if I feel I need some encouragement to concentrate on my work or if I feel lost.\u201d Praying is by far the most common ritual, but listening to music and meditation are also mentioned. A Buddhist member of staff practises \u201cmindfulness meditation, friendliness, a vegan diet and lifestyle, the behaviour and the ethics of \u2018do no harm\u2019, active listening and social engagement\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly half of the religious staff are Protestant, 19 percent are Catholic and 10 percent Muslim. More than one in ten staff members who consider themselves religious would not attribute their beliefs to one of the major world religions. They call themselves \u2018somethingist\u2019 or spiritual or are unwilling to give a name to their religious beliefs. \u201cThere\u2019s a higher power, but I don\u2019t know exactly what that is,\u201d writes one of the respondents: \u201cNot one religion in particular; more the mystical schools from various religions.\u201d A third: \u201cI believe that there\u2019s more between heaven and earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discussing religious beliefs<\/h3><p>Only 11 percent of the academics discuss their religious or philosophical ideas with students. All the respondents were asked whether they feel that lecturers should share their religious beliefs with students. 26 percent agree, while half disagree. Among atheist respondents, this is 56 percent, while only 35 percent of the religious respondents are of this opinion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour religious ideas are like your penis or vagina: you keep them private,\u201d writes one atheist economist. He gets support from an agnostic PhD student: \u201cI would say that lecturers should chair a discussion about religion rather than adopting a position themselves.\u201d Another agnostic who does talk about personal religious and philosophical ideas with students sees it differently: \u201cFor clear communication, expressing your views of the world is indispensable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\t\u2018Your religious ideas are like your penis or vagina: you keep them private\u2019\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>Nevertheless, one religious academic does not feel that her beliefs \u201cshould be explicitly shared with students\u201d, but she places a critical note here. \u201cAs a student, however, I had several university lecturers who did explicitly express their atheism.\u201d She therefore wonders whether a university shouldn\u2019t offer an environment which \u201cis totally free of religious ideas and communications, so both pro and anti-religious visions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>45 percent of the academics do talk to colleagues about their religious or philosophical beliefs, although not everyone feels free to do so. \u201cBecause the RSM is a very atheist environment, I don\u2019t see it as a place where I can admit to having religious beliefs,\u201d writes a protestant PhD student.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Science and belief<\/h3><p>All the respondents were asked whether they felt that science and religion are compatible. 46 percent feel they aren\u2019t, 32 percent feel they are. Of the religious respondents, nearly three quarters thought this. Among agnostics and atheists, only 22 and 15 percent.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"localfocusvisual\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 550px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/localfocus2.appspot.com\/585a5630b4baf\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cReligion does not belong at a university. In fact, it is a contradiction in terms,\u201d according to an atheist professor. An agnostic participant underlines this: \u201cStrong conviction, about religion or any other subject, is not a desired trait for university staff. Constant research is the characteristic that improves science and the world.\u201d A Catholic academic disagrees: \u201cScience is about explaining events in terms of motives and causes; religion is about their ultimate goal. They do not contradict each other because they concern two different aspects of reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Religious influence<\/h3><p>A majority of 61 percent feel that religious beliefs should not influence the work of an academic. Support staff are slightly stricter than academics: 67 percent versus 56 percent. Of the atheist respondents, three quarters shared this opinion. Among agnostics, this is 68 percent and among religious respondents 31 percent. 41 percent of people who call themselves religious feel that religious beliefs may affect the work of academics.<\/p>\n<p>One Muslim in the survey describes this as follows: \u201cBeing religious has made me more aware of our daily life. As a contemplation phase, it can be part of your life, when I reflect on findings in my research or about good or less good things that I\u2019ve done.\u201d A Protestant has doubts about whether religion may have an influence on academic work: \u201cIf religion is a \u2018certainty\u2019 (and unfortunately it is for many people), then I disagree. If religion is about \u2018searching and admiration\u2019, that\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"localfocusvisual\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 550px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/localfocus2.appspot.com\/585a54b81ee9b\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Many respondents make a condition. For example, they say that religious beliefs may not influence their work, but it may serve as a source of inspiration or study object, or they feel that academics should be open about their religious or philosophical beliefs. \u201cScience is not value-free,\u201d writes an atheist lawyer. \u201cOf course someone\u2019s beliefs play a role, even if it\u2019s just deciding what subject to research. However, it\u2019s important that beliefs and assumptions are identified and that they may be subject of discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read the other stories in our Christmas special<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/special\/religie-op-de-campus-2\/\">Religion on campus<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts\" class=\"alignfull py-6 md:py-8 lg:py-10 bg-white\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fixed\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-xl md:text-2xl\">Latest news<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"post-grid\" class=\"grid items-stretch grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8 text-zoom-lg:grid-cols-1\n\t\t\n\t\tlg:grid-cols-3\n\t\t\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex 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@xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-500x282.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 500w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/langere-reistijden-naar-campus-woudestein-door-werkzaamheden-metrostations\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tLonger travel times to Woudestein campus due to metro maintenance work\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent life\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 460w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-115x115.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 115w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-230x230.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/langere-reistijden-naar-campus-woudestein-door-werkzaamheden-metrostations\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tLonger travel times to Woudestein campus due to metro maintenance work\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent life\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/lege-campus_empty_polak_avond-nacht_1_april2026_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776685276\" 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class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tUniversity Council wants to extend opening hours of Polak during evenings and weekends\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCampus\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" 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