<p>The only Catholic university I had considered were Notre Dame (which is still on my reach list & for sure for grad school due to Dr. Mark Noll, historian), Georgetown (which dropped out), and Boston College which I’m still considering due to the strength & rigor of their history dept. Having being raised Catholic I think it would bug me to be a faux-Catholic university simply based on principle.
Having said that my #1 choice for transferring at the moment is a state school not a private religous, Texas A & M, with ND as a reach for transfer. For grad school, I figure I’ll still have 2 years to decide.</p>
<p>Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, TN has an outstanding Christian education value. I toured it recently and was very impressed.</p>
<p>Lee university</p>
<p>Don’t confuse liberal-institutions with open minded universities that encourage free thinking and science. No institution pushes a “liberal political agenda.” It baffles me that someone would seek such a homozygous institution where there per-conceived notions of the world would not be challenged by only reinforced. I mean, isn’t that what college is all about? Experiencing something different and having your world views challenged with intellectual thought and not dogma? So I guess your looking for a white, christian, homophobic, anti-evolution institution. Why even go to college unless you seek to reinforce your delusions (religion) by surrounding yourself with people who share a same imaginary friend. All im saying is, it is a meager way to spend the next four years of your life where you could be expanding your mind intellectually rather than closing it off with your conservative (christian) pals.</p>
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<p>I assume this means you are going to a conservative Christian school so you can challenge your pre-conceived thoughts/beliefs (which obviously aren’t conservative nor Christian)? Are you willing to experience something different and have your world view challenged? Or is your advice only for those who disagree with you… I’m betting the latter. I doubt you would want to challenge your world view.</p>
<p>ps I’m not anti secular schools. I went to one myself and had a great education. But for my two college guys so far, one has chosen Christian and the other has chosen secular. Both are getting a great education in a school they like that fits them - emphasis both on the “great education” and “fits them” parts. Youngest will also get to choose…</p>
<p>RedEyeJedi: Your post is filled with hypocritical judgment. You profess that the OP(and other Christians) are closing their minds by going to a Christian university. You appear to be the one with the closed mind. It baffles me why you felt compelled to post on a thread with the OP’s title. Most would read the title and move on if those views didn’t reflect their own, not enter into a rant insulting likely over half of the users on this site.</p>
<p>RedEyeJedi: I’m a liberal agnostic, raised Jewish, and I agree with the previous two posters. Your post contains as much judgment and narrow-mindedness as any stereotypical conservative Christian you may be envisioning. Calling someone’s heartfelt beliefs a delusion isn’t the way to get them to consider your point of view.</p>
<p>Blurry-eyed Jedi’s post illustrates why it is not in society’s interest to have people going to college and limiting their coursework entirely to engineering, for example, with very little, if any, coursework in English (for the grammar - good grief!), History (for the perspective), Humanities (for the understanding), and Philosophy (for the ability to reason with logic and to encourage the desire to seek truth.) The post also illustrates the worst of what comes out of what passes for education these days, and what, in the old days, we plainly called ignorance. Hope there aren’t too many federally-backed school loans bolstering this idiocy.</p>
<p>Let’s hope it was just a drunk post.</p>
<p>I’m actually thinking ■■■■■ post. Looking at the Redeye’s other posts and seeing that they are a cc student could make a drunk and/or ■■■■■ post highly likely. One would think higher education would help, but it doesn’t always.</p>
<p>Some conservative Christian schools would consider Catholics to be non-Christian. The conservatives in our area would refer to you as a papist, and want to save you from your delusions of true belief.</p>
<p>You might be better off at a Catholic school and finding a friendship group of conservative Catholics among the student population. </p>
<p>My daughter (child of two moderate to liberal Protestant pastors) is graduating from a Catholic college. The nuns are liberal, the priest very conservative, and the Catholic students run the full spectrum of viewpoints. Two of her best friends are entering a cloistered convent this fall, and another is hoping for the day when she can become a priest…</p>
<p>Very interesting, KKmama.
I also know a bunch of young women who are becoming nuns–either cloistered or traditional teaching orders. It seems that more young women are considering religious life now than when I was young (or maybe I’m just in more conservative circles now?) Would you name the order or the college? (or PM me if you don’t want to post it publicly.)</p>
<p>Liberty University in Virginia holds to traditional christian values.</p>
<p>If your looking for a more orthodox Catholic college, i’ve heard good things about Thomas Aquinas College in California. They offer a small number of academic programs, though.</p>
<p>I would stay clear of Liberty University</p>
<p>Hmmm… I read this thread because I am looking specifically for the opposite type of Christian College for my daughter and Wheaton is sounding better and better! </p>
<p>Thanks abovethelaw!</p>
<p>For the OP try Bob Jones, Liberty and Oral Roberts. They will not disappoint.</p>
<p>Gordon College in MA is another excellent christian college. Its evangelical and, like its peers, has rules against drinking on campus. I’d say its peers are Wheaton, Messiah, and one in CA whose name escapes me. The students and profs are free-thinkers within the bounds of christianity while holding to its basic tenets, namely that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and that redemption comes through faith in Christ. You won’t be admitted without such a profession of faith and agreement to abide by the rules of the school. Its a beautiful campus in a beautiful area within a few miles from the beach and train station into Boston.</p>
<p>John Brown University ([John</a> Brown University - A Private Christian College](<a href=“http://www.jbu.edu/]John”>http://www.jbu.edu/)) in northwest Arkansas. It’s about 90 miles east of Tulsa, just across the Ark. state line.</p>
<p>Patrick Henry is a very academically rigorous, conservative, solidly Christian college. </p>
<p>Biola University, fairly conservative.</p>
<p>Franciscan University of Steubenville: super-catholic, super-conservative school</p>
<p>If it was closer to home I’d be there in a heartbeat</p>
<p>In extensive research and campus visits, we found the legalistic christian schools, the solid foundation christian schools (still believe the Bible is God’s truth, Jesus Christ is our Saviour, etc.) and the “used to be christian” schools. This last category school will tell you they are christian, but they don’t want to offend anyone so they will just include everyone and every belief into their programs.</p>
<p>I encourage families to do the research and go beyond titles, brochures, and sound bites to determine which category the school fits into. I read bulletin boards and gather great info about what is actually happening on campus. </p>
<p>Listen to your tour guides and the administrators during open house speeches. We spent 3 hours on a “christian” campus and never heard the word “God” spoken. They spoke instead of “your student’s faith journey” or “path of enlightenment”. Even the chaplain got up and spoke for 20 minutes and did not mention God. Asked tour guide how many students are involved in the school’s chapel program services, only 10 percent. </p>
<p>It is not that you HAVE to go to a christian college, it is just that you need to understand what the reality of christianity is at the college. Check out which denomination the school is affiliated with (or USED to be affiliated) with. Then research that denomination and see if there are major shake ups within that denomination.</p>
<p>Do the faculty at a school sign a Statement of Faith, or do they hire professors who may or may not agree with the school’s statement of faith? Does Christ have any part in the classroom, or is it just a plaque on a wall in the dusty, unused chapel? Are there worship services on campus, ministry organizations active on campus, small house churches meeting regularly led by students?</p>
<p>Read the Student Handbook for Dorm Life. Do the rules allow for “overnight” visits with the opposite sex?</p>
<p>Do not be misled by names of college. Read the history of the school. Most were FOUNDED on christian principles decades ago. But that may or may not have bearing on how the school operates today.</p>
<p>My D is a freshman at a FORMERLY Christian College. Founded by a Christian, operated for years as a Christian College, but has unfortunately chosen to break away from that tradition. But, they are honest about who they are. They no longer promote themselves as a Christian institution. There are a lot of christians who still choose to attend there, and there are great opportunities for house church, ministry organizations, worship, and service work out in the community.</p>
<p>PLEASE, please, this is such an important part of the “college fit” puzzle. Take your eyes off the rankings and the prestige for just a moment and pay attention to what the school is doing, not just what they are saying.</p>