1st Edition

Investigating Political Tolerance at Conservative Protestant Colleges and Universities

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book aims to investigate the level of political tolerance at conservative Protestant colleges and universities. Through innovative and methodologically sophisticated techniques, the authors test the political openness of these institutions as a proxy for their willingness to accept opinions that fall outside of those held by their religious community. The purpose of this study is to... Read more

Chapter 1 - Introduction



Chapter 2 – Conservative Protestant Colleges and Universities in America



Chapter 3 – The Political Makeup of the American University



Chapter 4 – The Political Biases on our College Campuses



Chapter 5 – Political Bias and the Conservative Protestant Campus



Chapter 6 – Liberty, Wheaton and Bethel: Three Case Studies



Chapter 7 – Conclusion



References



Appendix

Biography

George Yancey is a professor of sociology at the University of North Texas, USA.



Laurel Shaler is a professor of counselor education at Liberty University, USA.



Jerald H. Walz is a Research Associate at the Center for Cooperative Problem Solving at Virginia Tech.