What a NY Times Columnist Said in Favor of Christian Colleges' Education in Comparison to Ivy League and Other Universities

Eric Metaxas : Sep 21, 2016
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"[They] have a recipe to nurture human beings who have a devoted heart, a courageous mind and a purposeful soul. Almost no other set of institutions in American society has that, and everyone wants it." -David Brooks, NY Times

[Breakpoint, Christian Headlines] ...The New York Times columnist [David Brooks] gave his reasons for optimism at the recent 40th anniversary celebration of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Brooks is a graduate, by the way, of the University of Chicago, and he teaches at Yale, my alma mater. There's no need for Christians to feel in any way inferior, he says, acknowledging that while his Ivy League students are "amazing," they're pretty one-dimensional... (Photo: ValleyForge.edu)

But Christian schools attempt to educate their charges in three dimensions. Brooks told Christian college leaders that Christian universities "are the avant-garde of 21st century culture." Christian colleges "have a way of talking about and educating the human person in a way that integrates faith, emotion and intellect. [They] have a recipe to nurture human beings who have a devoted heart, a courageous mind and a purposeful soul. Almost no other set of institutions in American society has that, and everyone wants it..."
 
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