Posturas y cambios sobre ciencia y religión en estudiantes de humanidades

Aragón-Vargas, Luis Fernando; Tapia Balladares, Javier; Tenorio Mora , Carlos; Portuguez Molina, Priscilla; Brizuela Rodríguez, Armel

doi:10.15517/ap.v40i140.63476

Authors

Luis Fernando Aragón-Vargas Universidad de Costa Rica, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Movimiento Humano, San José, Costa Rica Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8030-974X
Javier Tapia Balladares Universidad de Costa Rica, Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas, San José, Costa Rica Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6499-4898
Carlos Tenorio Mora Campus Crusade for Christ International/Cru Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica Author https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7171-097X
Priscilla Portuguez Molina Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Educación Física y Deportes, San José, Costa Rica Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7708-7867
Armel Brizuela Rodríguez Universidad de Costa Rica, Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas, San José, Costa Rica Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0185-8952

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/ap.v40i140.63476

Keywords:

religiosity, ethics, integrity, spirituality, faith and science, youth

Abstract

Objective. To analyze the influence of religious beliefs in students’ lives and to document changes from the beginning to the end of their first year. Method. 364 new students were surveyed to know how their beliefs changed during their first year at the university. Both ethical aspects as well as integrity or coherence of their beliefs were examined. Results. This group was found to give greater importance to religion (spirituality) than expected. A tendency towards spirituality without religion was also verified. The data suggests that the group did not improve their ethical clarity; instead, they got confused or became more pragmatic. Lastly, an important degree of fragmentation was apparent: a lack of coherence between religious beliefs and actual behavior or opinions in their daily lives.

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