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In God On The Quad, Riley takes readers to the halls of Brigham Young, where surprisingly with-it young Mormons compete in a raucous marriage market and prepare for careers in public service. To the infamous Bob Jones, post interracial dating ban, where zealous fundamentalists are studying fine art and great literature to help them assimilate into the nation's cultural centers. To Thomas Aquinas College, where graduates home school large families and hope to return the American Catholic Church to its former glory. To Yeshiva, Wheaton, Notre Dame, and more than a dozen other schools, big and small, rich and poor, new and old, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Mormon, and even Buddhist, all training grounds for the new Missionary Generation. With a critical yet sympathetic eye, Riley, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the New York Times, the Weekly Standard, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, studies these campuses and the debates that shape them. In a post-9/11 world where the division between secular and religious has never been sharper, what distinguishes these colleges from their secular counterparts? What does the missionary generation think about political activism, feminism, academic freedom, dating, race relations, homosexuality, and religious tolerance-and what effect will these young men and women have on the United States and the world?

Book of Distinction: 2005
Publication Date: January 2005
ISBN: 9780312330453 (0312330456), $24.95, Hardcover
Illustrations: no
Publisher: St. Martin's Press LLC

Author Info

Naomi Schaefer Riley is a contributing writer at The American Enterprise and a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and National Review. Her articles have also appeared in The New York Time, The Los Angeles Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Weekly Standard, New York Post, The New York Sun, The New Republic, Commentary, Crisis, The Public Interest, The New Atlantis, and First Things. Riley is also the editor of In Character, a journal of the John Templeton Foundation, and an adjunct fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

Since graduating from Harvard magna cum laude in 1998, she has worked as assistant editor of Commentary, as well as an editorial intern at the Wall Street Journal editorial page and National Reviews. She has been the recipient of the Phillips Foundation Journalism Fellowship, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute Journalism Fellowship, the Claremont Institute Publius Fellowship, and the Charles G. Koch Fellowship.

Editorial Reviews



	God on the Quad How Religious Colleges and the Missionary Generation Are Changing America Riley, Naomi Schaefer List Price: $24.95 Available at the Publisher's website Book Information / Details Author Info Editorial Reviews Press Release In God On The Quad, Riley takes readers to the halls of Brigham Young, where surprisingly with-it young Mormons compete in a raucous marriage market and prepare for careers in public service. To the infamous Bob Jones, post interracial dating ban, where zealous fundamentalists are studying fine art and great literature to help them assimilate into the nation's cultural centers. To Thomas Aquinas College, where graduates home school large families and hope to return the American Catholic Church to its former glory. To Yeshiva, Wheaton, Notre Dame, and more than a dozen other schools, big and small, rich and poor, new and old, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Mormon, and even Buddhist, all training grounds for the new Missionary Generation. With a critical yet sympathetic eye, Riley, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the New York Times, the Weekly Standard, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, studies these campuses and the debates that shape them. In a post-9/11 world where the division between secular and religious has never been sharper, what distinguishes these colleges from their secular counterparts? What does the missionary generation think about political activism, feminism, academic freedom, dating, race relations, homosexuality, and religious tolerance-and what effect will these young men and women have on the United States and the world? Book of Distinction: 2005 Publication Date: January 2005 ISBN: 9780312330453 (0312330456), $24.95, Hardcover Illustrations: no Publisher: St. Martin's Press LLC Author Info Naomi Schaefer Riley is a contributing writer at The American Enterprise and a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and National Review. Her articles have also appeared in The New York Time, The Los Angeles Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Weekly Standard, New York Post, The New York Sun, The New Republic, Commentary, Crisis, The Public Interest, The New Atlantis, and First Things. Riley is also the editor of In Character, a journal of the John Templeton Foundation, and an adjunct fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Since graduating from Harvard magna cum laude in 1998, she has worked as assistant editor of Commentary, as well as an editorial intern at the Wall Street Journal editorial page and National Reviews. She has been the recipient of the Phillips Foundation Journalism Fellowship, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute Journalism Fellowship, the Claremont Institute Publius Fellowship, and the Charles G. Koch Fellowship. Editorial Reviews Booklist Publishers Weekly Press Release no press releases for this title
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