It shouldn't be news to anyone that the typical college campus doesn't really reflect the outside world -- there's a reason it's described as the ivory tower.

However, what is news is this survey [PDF format] on college faculty members and their feelings toward religion.

MAJOR FINDINGS
Most Faculty Believe in God, but Atheism Is Significantly More Prevalent among Faculty Than the General Public
The proportion of faculty who self-identified as atheist is over five times the proportion of people who self-identified as atheist in the general public.

Faculty Are Much Less Religious Than the General Public
The American public is much more likely to say that religion is very important in their everyday lives and to attend religious services more frequently than faculty.

Religious Beliefs of College Faculty Are Highly Associated with Political Identity and Behavior
Faculty who are liberal and secular tend to be more critical about current American foreign and domestic policies. Those who are religious and conservative tend to be more positive about American foreign and domestic policies.

The Secular/Liberal Proportion of Faculty Is Much Higher Than the Religious/Conservative
Among faculty, secular/liberal is clearly the dominant ideology as compared to religious/conservative.

Faculty Feel Warmly about Most Religious Groups, but Feel Coldly about Evangelicals and Mormons
Faculty have positive feelings toward Jews, Buddhists, Catholics, and Atheists.

Faculty Feel Most Unfavorably about Evangelical Christians
This is the only religious group about which a majority of non-Evangelical faculty have negative feelings.

Faculty Are Almost Unanimous in Their Belief That Evangelical Christians (Fundamentalists) Should Keep Their Religious Beliefs Out of American Politics
Faculty who are secular/liberal are more likely to favor separation of religion and government, and those who are religious and conservative are more likely to advocate a closer connection between
religion and government.

Although Faculty Generally Oppose Religion in the Public Sphere, Many Endorse the Idea That Muslims Should Express Their Religious Beliefs in American Politics
Faculty are far less likely to endorse Evangelical Christians expressing their beliefs in American politics.

The survey has weeks worth of material to dig into -- and it's pretty darn depressing if you're a self-identified Evangelical Christian. Fifty-three percent of faculty members have an unfavorable view of Evangelicals.

If you thought Mitt Romney had it rough, you'd be wrong. Only 33 percent had an unfavorable view of Mormons.

Oh, and if you're an Evangelical, they'd also prefer you to shut up.

Of self-described liberals, 92 percent say "This country would be better off if Christian fundamentalists kept their religious beliefs out of politics." The number for moderates is 66 percent. For conservatives, 23 percent. Remember these are based on self-identified political ideology -- a lot of those moderates are probably chicken liberals.

Breaking it down by religion isn't much better. Ninety-nine percent of Jewish faculty members think Evangelical Christians should keep their religious beliefs out of politics. Atheists are a close second with 93 percent.

Of course, this isn't really about religion -- it's about politics. It's only because Evangelical Christians aren't in favor of gay marriage. It's only because Evangelical Christians oppose abortion-on-demand and embryonic stem cell research.

It's nothing more than liberals not liking conservatives, with the unfortunate side effect that all of the code words being used are religious in nature.