God's Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America
Harcourt, September 2007
Since 2000, America's most ambitious young evangelicals have been making their way to Patrick Henry College, a small Christian school just outside the nation's capital. Most of them are homeschoolers whose idealism and discipline put the average American
teenager to shame. At "God's Harvard" they are groomed to become
tomorrow's elite. Diplomas in hand, they are dispatched to the
front lines of politics, entertainment, and science, where they will lead the battle to take back a godless nation.
Hanna Rosin spent a year and a half embedded at the college, following
students from the campus to the White House, Congress, conservative
think tanks, Hollywood, and other centers of influence. Her account
captures this nerve center of the evangelical movement at a moment of
maximum influence and also of crisis, as it struggles to avoid the
temptations of modern life and still remake the world in its own image.
hardcover | ISBN: 9780151012626 | Publication Date: September 2007
Reviews:
"Hanna Rosin's wonderful book is as insightful as it is witty. Rarely is a book on such an important subject such a joy to read."
--Alan Wolfe, author of One Nation, After All and The Transformation of American Religion
"Hanna Rosin has gotten incredible access to a subculture that is fast
becoming a mighty political force. This insightful book reveals the new
face of the Christian right: highly educated young people brilliantly
trained to advance their worldview into mainstream America. Rosin's
frank and candid portraits of these fiercely dedicated youth leave the
reader wondering: What will my world be like when these kids are in
charge of it?"
--Rachel Grady, director and producer, Jesus Camp
"With clarity, honesty, and equal measures of surprised delight and
foreboding, Hanna Rosin takes us into a new world of Christian higher
education that few outsiders knew existed but the entire nation will be
dealing with for decades to come."
--David Maraniss, author of First in His Class
"By reporting among America's young Christian elite with curiosity,
empathy, and persistence, Hanna Rosin has produced a book that is
humane, surprising, and very unnerving. This is journalism at its best
-- never preachy, but honest and revealing."
--Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars
"Hanna Rosin reminds us in God's Harvard
why there is no substitute for good reporting and beautiful
storytelling. Human beings, not stick figures, populate this book,
reflecting Rosin's approach, which is simultaneously tough-minded and
sensitive. Readers who never expected to read about this subject will find themselves drawn in and fascinated."
--E.J. Dionne, Jr., author of Why Americans Hate Politics
