{"product_id":"whitewashing-the-christian-college","title":"Whitewashing the Christian College: A Call to Courageous, Gospel-Rooted Leadership","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_Available_for_Pre-Order._This_item_will_be_available_on_May_23_2023_9b06c97f-c877-41ba-bc37-c63c0286a0b1.png?v=1790084341\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"214\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji';\"\u003e⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e Advance Praise and Reviews \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji';\"\u003e⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\"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.\" \u003cb\u003e- Randall Balmer, John Phillips Professor in Religion, Dartmouth College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e“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.” -\u003cb\u003eDr. Jerry Andrew Taylor, from the Foreword\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Copy_of_Untitled_Design_e8492606-20d8-4f90-9dad-14b7a88a587b.png?v=1793731783\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"51\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eMany 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—\u003ci\u003edespite \u003c\/i\u003ethe ideas the ideals they claim to serve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eFor Christian schools to become authentically \u003ci\u003eChristian,\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eRichard T. Hughes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Religion at Pepperdine University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eModels for Christian Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProclaim Peace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReviving the Ancient Faith, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. His numerous articles have appeared in various scholarly journals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAlso Of Interest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/critical-race-theology-white-supremacy-american-christianity-and-the-ongoing-culture-wars\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"300\" width=\"201\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/9781626985889_2_dcf3d9df-f4a6-4cbe-b18e-82609c12e8dc_1.webp?v=1778178600\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/resurrection-hope\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Resurrection-Hope.cover._c34e8f57-91ac-4b4b-ba73-58b2e932305f.jpg?v=1778178667\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"301\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/a-white-catholic-guide-to-racism-and-white-priviledge\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"303\" width=\"198\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Horan_WhiteCatholicGuide_d42eb8e8-ec40-4969-8fc4-fc9b9b249ffc_1.webp?v=1778178764\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg height=\"106\" width=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/filigree-divider_18_lg_480x480_54eed06f-cd1f-430c-8b39-9fb9a1933821.avif?v=1767716555\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelated Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Hughes_Whitewashing_the_Christian_College_TOC.pdf?v=1793818772\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClick Here For The Table Of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Hughes_Whitewashing_the_Christian_College_Chapter.pdf?v=1793818871\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClick Here For Chapter 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/baptistnews.com\/article\/a-small-act-of-resistance-on-teaching-while-woke\/\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"180\" width=\"315\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/A_small_act_of_resistance_On_teaching_while_woke_OpinionRichard_T._Hughes_February_2_2025.png?v=1778178118\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vocationmatters.org\/2022\/05\/04\/richard-t-hughes-on-netvue-podcast\/\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"180\" width=\"315\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_6_667713f5-7a2c-44ef-be5c-341613c3d102.png?v=1778178422\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/thecresset.org\/2019\/Advent\/Hughes_A19.html\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"180\" width=\"315\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Escaping_the_Web_of_White_Supremacy_Our_Most_Urgent_Task_in_the_Work_of_Character_Formation_Richard_T._Hughes.png?v=1778178984\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.emergingscholars.org\/\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_7_c9a1937e-5c96-4618-88be-7abb6f4f7811.png?v=1778179105\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"180\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52046631272749,"sku":"978-1-62698-719-7","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Hughes-WhitewashingtheChristianCollege_94ed461c-01a6-4e31-a615-a6c06afc83c8.jpg?v=1785418866","url":"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/whitewashing-the-christian-college","provider":"Orbis Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}