My guess would be that anyone who feels the need to list their religion on a résumé along with their faith-based activities would be more likely to proselytize in the office. Your religion is your personal belief, and unless you work in the church or in a faith-based organization, it should have nothing to do with your professional ambitions.

faced much higher rates of discrimination.

It's not just a religious vs no mention of religion situation, it's active discrimination against a specific religious group.

And frankly, prejudice against muslims in this country has very little to do with actual religion and much more to do with ethnic identity.

A very sad fact of life in Post-Bush America. We've so demonized a certain religion that the mere mention of it causes some people to cower in fear. I'm just saying it's best to leave ALL mention of religion off of a professional CV. It has nothing to do with your work, and if you think it should, maybe you're not the right fit for a particular company.

if you chose as a student to become affiliated with an organization with religious affiliation and, perhaps, did a great deal of good work as a part of that organization, I don't think you would want to leave that off your resume. You might not even be a member of that particular group.

However, if it's just gratuitous, I would recommend making no mention of it.

I would also wonder how it might affect your possibilities if you listed groups associated with GLBT rights, pro-choice organizations or ethnic/racial organizations. Do you think those should be left off as well? They might also not be a "right fit".

With one caveat: if the school was indeed preaching and indoctrinating Christian faith (and it was not a specifically "Christian" religious school, he had every right to speak out. Separation and all that. However, if he was advancing his atheism as part of his own personal agenda, unprovoked by actions from the school, then what I said in my previous posts still holds true. Your religious beliefs (or lack thereof) are personal to the extent that you're teaching to a public forum. If you're hired to teach German, teach German. If you're hired to teach atheism, teach atheism. Keep your personal beliefs out of it.

will help them. I don't have any activities like that or charitable work on my resume, I'm not sure if most people do.

I say that because I think a lot of Christians are more likely to think most people agree with them. Put that in a resume and the employer will think, "good, he/she is one of us."

How many people if asked their religion will say they are Chistian but rarely think about it and almost never go to church? That would have been me at one time. When I have been to church it was Christian but I was never really any religion, I certainly wasn't anything else, but I would have said Christian. Aren't a lot of people like that? That probably greatly inflates polls, making it look like we have many more Christians than we really do.

If I'm doing the hiring, at the very least someone letting me know they are Christian will have no benefit. If anything, it might make me think we may have a problem if we hire them.

I have pulled together and organized resumes for my supervisor to go through many times in our office, and I am astounded at the number of people who slip in multiple references to their Christianity. It really bothers me. I really believe that a person should not use any religious affiliation when applying for a job. That being said, I believe a Muslim would not be prone to aggravating other people at work with their religion as so many Fundamentalist Christians are. I guess I see things through an "are you going to be a bully at work?" perspective.

I didn't complain because it did happen to be the morning after her nephews bone cancer was officially declared terminal and he was put on hospice care. She had never done anything like that before.

She is the supervisor for our mobile blood drives though she doesn't exactly supervise most parts of my job. We are supposed to have a quick crew meeting before we start and she took that opportunity to have a group prayer, knowing all but me were practicing Christians. That's something I'll put the kibosh on if it were to become a regular practice. Same with turning it into a Wal-Mart style cheer session, which was one of her first ideas! That one I did put a stop to. I talked to her privately on that one and told her that is beneath our dignity but I wasn't the only one that felt that way.

Over the prayer thing though, I can easily see the rest of the crew thinking I'm an asshole for stopping it. So be it. I won't put up with that.