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Is it a career advantage to be a Protestant?

Arran Cameron
I was discussing things online with an American engineer who mentioned that engineers in the US tend not to be particularly religious but it's an advantage to be a Protestant if you want to rise to a senior position or go into management. A general trend exists that in lower to middle ranking positions in industry religion is immaterial but above middle positions there is a correlation between seniority and Protestant commitment. That doesn't mean that chief engineers or corporate bosses are holier than thou or even attend church regularly, or more regularly than junior engineers, but they possess a strong knowledge of the Bible and the tenets of Protestantism. They are also admirers of John Calvin and his ideals.


Does a similar phenomenon exist in Britain?
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    You may be right, David, but I have also noted, at least in Britain, that I have not become more religious nor increased my knowledge of the bible as I have grown older, but the younger people are, the less they seem to know about religion. I think it is therefore indicative not of people becoming more religious but of society trending towards being less religious. If you want something a bit more definite than my observations, books written by P G Wodehouse, who started writing in the early part of the 20th Century, often make reference to biblical events with the obvious assumption that the reader will understand the reference (which does not mean he was religious as such, as he also makes reference to Classical mythology and history with the same assumption - another loss to present society).

    Alasdair
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    You may be right, David, but I have also noted, at least in Britain, that I have not become more religious nor increased my knowledge of the bible as I have grown older, but the younger people are, the less they seem to know about religion. I think it is therefore indicative not of people becoming more religious but of society trending towards being less religious. If you want something a bit more definite than my observations, books written by P G Wodehouse, who started writing in the early part of the 20th Century, often make reference to biblical events with the obvious assumption that the reader will understand the reference (which does not mean he was religious as such, as he also makes reference to Classical mythology and history with the same assumption - another loss to present society).

    Alasdair
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