IDENTIFIERS *God (Concept),

A renewed interest in traditional religious beliefs and values has been noted on college campuses. As part of a series on the role of religion in the lives of university students and to assess student beliefs about the nature of God and determine the way in which such beliefs weie held, 254 college fk,shmen were surveyed. Students were categorized'imto one of four rellijous orientations: (1) extrinsic, in which religion is subordinate to self-needs; (2) intrinsic, in which religious attitudes help to determine behavior; (3) indiscriminately pro-religious, in which religion serves an all-encompassing role in meeting self-needsl and (4) indiscriminately anti-religious in which religion is rejected: Most students endorsed traditional concepts of God. Students classified-as intrinsic in religious orientation were more traditional than students classified as extrinsic in religious orientation and did not believe that