⭐ Advance Praise and Reviews ⭐

"Those of us who were profoundly shaped by Christian (read evangelical) higher education recall that the immeasurable benefits also came with a strong overlay of white Republican dogma. Drawing on his rich experience in that world, Richard Hughes reminds us of the dangers inherent in such a configuration and, more important, provides a solution that takes seriously Jesus’ “upside-down” notions about the kingdom of God." - Randall Balmer, John Phillips Professor in Religion, Dartmouth College

“Who will unmask the system that confuses dominance with order? Who will summon Christian institutions and leaders to repentance? This book is at least a gigantic step in that direction. It refuses silence. It rejects the politics of fear and insists that the future of Christian higher education in the United States depends on its fidelity to the teachings of Jesus and its refusal to collaborate, however subtly or implicitly, with the empire of white Christian America.” -Dr. Jerry Andrew Taylor, from the Foreword

Many Christian colleges and universities—especially those schools that locate themselves in the evangelical orbit—have rejected any full-orbed embrace of diversity, implicitly pledging their allegiance instead to whiteness, to Americanism, and to the values of one political party—despite the ideas the ideals they claim to serve.

For Christian schools to become authentically Christian, their leaders and faculty must forge change through gospel-rooted principle, in listening with extraordinary care to the voices of oppressed and marginalized people, for those are the voices to which Jesus gave special regard.

Richard T. Hughes is Distinguished Professor of Religion at Pepperdine University. He is the author of Models for Christian Higher Education, Proclaim Peace and Reviving the Ancient Faith, among others. His numerous articles have appeared in various scholarly journals.

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