To Think Christianly: A History of L'Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study Center Movement HB
By: Charles E. Cotherman| Product Details | |
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| Publisher | IVP |
| Year | 2020 |
| ISBN | 9780830852826 |
In the late 1960s and on into the next decade, the American pastor and bestselling author Francis Schaeffer regularly received requests from evangelicals across North America seeking his help to replicate his innovative learning community, L'Abri, within their own contexts. At the same time, an innovative school called Regent College had started up in Vancouver, British Columbia, led by James Houston and offering serious theological education for laypeople. Before long, numerous admirers and attendees of L'Abri and of Regent had launched Christian "study centers" of their own―often based on or near university campuses―from Berkeley to Maryland. For evangelical baby boomers coming of age in the midst of unprecedented educational opportunity and cultural upheaval, these multifaceted communities inspired a generation to study, pray, and engage culture more faithfully―in the words of James M. Houston, "to think Christianly." In this compelling and comprehensive history, Charles Cotherman traces the stories of notable study centers and networks, as well as their influence on a generation that would reshape twentieth-century Christianity. Beginning with the innovations of L'Abri and Regent College, Cotherman elucidates the histories of
- The C. S. Lewis Institute near Washington, DC
- R. C. Sproul's Ligonier Valley Study Center in Stahlstown, Pennsylvania
- New College Berkeley
- The Center for Christian Study at the University of Virginia
- The Consortium of Christian Study Centers, which now includes dozens of institutions
