An Investigation of Religious Belief in Ethnic Minority Students in Xinjiang Higher Learning Institutions

To have a religious belief has become an eye-catching phenomenon in university students since the end of the 20th century.It is of an interesting but indefinite issue.This study finds that some religious students tend to be blind-minded,some have almost no knowledge of religion,some still have extremes views of religious issues,some do not have a clear understanding of the relations between religion and social life, etc.the family,social environment,and school are the objective factors swaying the religious beliefs of ethnic minority students in Xinjiang higher learning institutions.