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A review by kminahan
God's Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America by Hanna Rosin
3.0
Even the least politically aware Americans among us cannot fail to see the dramatic rise of the Christian Right in the last few decades. Extremists have taken center stage in a way that they hadn't since the days of Scopes. God's Harvard profiles Patrick Henry College, one of the educational bastions of this movement, and it's students. Although Rosin makes her own religous and political views clear from the beginning, she does a good job of presenting a balanced view of PHC. She does not treat it as an abnormality, something which would be quite easy to do.
One of the most important questions this book poses is whether an evangelical Christian worldview is really compatible with higher education. While Rosin refrains overtly stating her view, it seems clear from the students and professors she presents that this compatibility is anything but certain. It is telling that many of the rock stars of PHC have departed--or been driven out. Still, it is undeniable that PHC is, at least in some circles, a force to be reckoned with. It will be interesting to see what the coming years bring for this college, and for our country.
One of the most important questions this book poses is whether an evangelical Christian worldview is really compatible with higher education. While Rosin refrains overtly stating her view, it seems clear from the students and professors she presents that this compatibility is anything but certain. It is telling that many of the rock stars of PHC have departed--or been driven out. Still, it is undeniable that PHC is, at least in some circles, a force to be reckoned with. It will be interesting to see what the coming years bring for this college, and for our country.