Explore the vast range of titles available.

Protestant privilege in mainstream academia was corrected largely by privitization of religion. That led to overcorrection that discourages expression of religious viewpoints in academia and favors secular viewpoints. Self-selection plays a some role in the underrepresentation of traditionalist religioius viewpoints in academia, but discrimination against those who hold such viewpoints is well-documented. Often the discrimination is based on perceived conservatism on social and political issues among those who are religiously traditionalist. Political liberals should acknowledge that they, like other interest groups have their own discriminatory rules for membership and exclusion.

[...]we have not been successful in reaching most of our most natural constituencies, which would be evangelical churches and communities. [...]Christians need to build admirable communities within university settings. There are more Christians teaching at secular universities than most people realize and a study center can bring together Christians of a variety of traditions into thoughtful conversation and provide guidance and mentoring for students.

Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is a towering figure in American history. A controversial theologian and the author of the famous sermonSinners in the Hands of an Angry God,he ignited the momentous Great Awakening of the eighteenth century.In this definitive and long-awaited biography, Jonathan Edwards emerges as both a great American and a brilliant Christian. George Marsden evokes the world of colonial New England in which Edwards was reared-a frontier civilization at the center of a conflict between Native Americans, French Catholics, and English Protestants. Drawing on newly available sources, Marsden demonstrates how these cultural and religious battles shaped Edwards's life and thought. Marsden reveals Edwards as a complex thinker and human being who struggled to reconcile his Puritan heritage with the secular, modern world emerging out of the Enlightenment. In this, Edwards's life anticipated the deep contradictions of our American culture.Meticulously researched and beautifully composed, this biography offers a compelling portrait of an eminent American.