:: Photography by Dan Dry

Chicago Journal ::

Keeping the faiths

Square feet of worship and meditation space in Rockefeller Chapel’s new Interreligious Center: 2,340

Square feet in the largest of the five rooms: 1,080

Year weekly chapel assemblies were instituted at the University: 1896–97

Year assemblies became compulsory: 1897–98

Percentage of the College Class of 2008 who as first-years rated themselves above average in religiousness: 24.1

Above average in spirituality: 38.1

Percentage of the Class of 2008 at private universities nationwide who as first-years rated themselves above average in religiousness: 32.7

In spirituality: 38.8

Number of religious preferences listed by the College Class of 2008: 18

Percentage listing mainline Protestant religions: 13.1

Religious groups on campus, 2005–06: 33