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The study investigated the failure to integrate faith in daily
work--a multifaceted problem important for interdisciplinary
studies in religion and society. The Purpose in Life (PIL) test and
the Engagement in Meaningful Work Scale (EMWS) were used to
research how religious faith impacted work perceptions of mortuary
college students. Students from Gupton-Jones College of Funeral
Service in Atlanta, Georgia and John A. Gupton College in
Nashville, Tennessee were chosen as the respondents. The following
research question was examined: What were the effects of
religiosity on mortuary college student perceptions of purpose in
life and the engagement in meaningful work? The study identified
four facets of religiosity for observation: (1) belief, (2)
attitude, (3) practice, and (4) group experience. The primary
research objectives examined the variables of denominational
preference, Christian affirmation, favorability toward the
institutional church, active church membership, the number of
religious disciplines practiced, and involvement in church
activities. Secondary objectives of the study examined the
demographics of age, gender, educational attainment, and experience
in funeral service work. Two hypotheses with ten corollaries for
each hypothesis were tested-- eight with a Kruskal-Wallis
procedure, ten with a Mann-Whitney U procedure, and two with a
Spearman's Rank Correlation procedure. Six independent variables
demonstrated a significant relationship with PIL values--funeral
service experience, denominational preference, Christian
affirmation, active church membership, the number of religious
disciplines practiced, and the involvement in church activities.
Six variables demonstrated a significant or practically significant
relationship with EMWS values--funeral service experience,
denominational preference, favorability toward the institutional
church, active church membership, the number of religious
disciplines practiced, and the involvement in church activities.
Conclusions drawn from the findings of the study had important
implications for the fields of religion, psychology, business
administration, and funeral service.
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