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Notre Dame's basilica, Golden Dome, and Washington Hall

Best of The Pietist Schoolman: Notre Dame and the Idea of the Catholic University

May 28, 2015

From April 9… Having spent a couple of posts last week unpacking Liberty University’s ambition (and the older one of Baylor University) to become “the Protestant Notre Dame” — and asking just what that meant, I’m surprised it took almost four days to see this comment appear: The question isn’t so much whether Liberty is a … More Best of The Pietist Schoolman: Notre Dame and the Idea of the Catholic University

Notre Dame's basilica, Golden Dome, and Washington Hall

Notre Dame and the Idea of the Catholic University

April 9, 2015

Having spent a couple of posts last week unpacking Liberty University’s ambition (and the older one of Baylor University) to become “the Protestant Notre Dame” — and asking just what that meant, I’m surprised it took almost four days to see this comment appear: The question isn’t so much whether Liberty is a Protestant Notre Dame, … More Notre Dame and the Idea of the Catholic University

Marquette Hall

Hope for (Spiritual But Not) Religious Colleges?

October 13, 2014

According to many surveys, growing numbers of younger Americans are describing themselves as “spiritual, but not religious” and identifying with no particular denomination or tradition. For example, a 2013 study by Trinity College found that 32% of American college students are “spiritual,” vs. 31% “religious” and 28% “secular.” But according to an article in this morning’s Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required, … More Hope for (Spiritual But Not) Religious Colleges?

He Qi, Praying in Gethsemane

“That They May Be One”: Evangelical Unity after World Vision

April 17, 2014

Ten minutes after I pressed “Publish” on Monday’s post about my struggle to find a way to blog well about the World Vision controversy, I found myself lecturing on the Catholic Reformation and Wars of Religion in Bethel’s Christianity and Western Culture class. While the fracturing of the Church into tens of thousands of denominations didn’t start or … More “That They May Be One”: Evangelical Unity after World Vision