<p>I know a girl from a very Christian (fundamentalist Christian) family. Her parents wanted her to go to a Christian college, but she didn’t much want to. Not that she’s rebelling or questioning her religion or anything, but just that she wanted be in a more diverse, mainstream student body. St. Olaf ended being a good compromise for them. It was Christian enough to ease anxiety in her mother (although her mother still says things like, “well, it’s Lutheran, but at least it’s Christian” ;)), but it was not so overtly Christian or so doctrinare as to turn-off the daughter.</p>