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Factor analytic studies of religion have suggested that several aspects of the religious phenomenon do not necessarily covary with each other. Individuals may manifest their religiosity in different ways through a unique combination of high and/or low values on religious variables. A taxonomy of religious individuals can indicate the different approaches to religiosity, i.e., what types of religious individuals there are. Using hierarchical agglomerative cl~ter analysis, an empirical taxonomy of religious individuals was developed on questionnaire data from 220 student respondents. The research instrument was designed to cover the conceptual sphere of traditional religiosity. Seven types were f ound: the Outsiders, the Conservatives, the Rejectors, the Modern Religious, the Marginally Religious, the Orthodox, and the Cuhurally Religious. The scientific utility of the typologh was supported when differences between the types on additional demographic and religious variables were examined. The contributions made by the study are discussed in terms of the relationship between the present findings and those of past studies. Suggestions are made for subsequent research.

The role of the church in contemporary issues of social justice is exam. ined by analyzing attitudinal data from a sample of college students. WhiIe considerable support was accorded the diffuse national goal of a fully integrated society, the respondents were lar from certain that the clergy and the church should be actively involved in obtaining this goal. More church members than non-members agreed with the general orientation of a fully integrated society, although more Protestants and nonmembers than Catholics supported the active involvement of the clergy. Ah analysis of the data by the degree of individual religiosity, as measured by ah eight-item Guttman scale, showed that, in general a larger proportion of high as compared with low religiosity respondents supported an integrated society asa national goal, but a lower proportion of high religiosity respondents supported direct involvement by the church or the clergy.