{"product_id":"to-think-christianly-a-history-of-labri-regent-college-and-the-christian-study-center-movement-paperback","title":"To Think Christianly: A History of l'Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study Center Movement - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles E. Cotherman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKenneth G. Elzinga\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e2020 \u003cem\u003eECPA\u003c\/em\u003e Top Shelf Book Cover Award\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe C. S. Lewis Institute near Washington, DC\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eR. C. Sproul's Ligonier Valley Study Center in Stahlstown, Pennsylvania\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew College Berkeley\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Center for Christian Study at the University of Virginia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Consortium of Christian Study Centers, which now includes dozens of institutions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of these projects owed something to Schaeffer's and Houston's approaches, which combined intellectual and cultural awareness with compelling spirituality, open-handed hospitality, relational networks, and a deep commitment to the gospel's significance for all fields of study--and all of life. Cotherman argues that the centers' mission of lay theological education blazed a new path for evangelicals to fully engage the life of the mind and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilt on a rich foundation of original interviews, archival documents, and contemporary sources, \u003cem\u003eTo Think Christianly\u003c\/em\u003e sheds new light on this set of defining figures and places in evangelicalism's life of the mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42708068663359,"sku":"9781514004289","price":41.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d061bb2b8e08746a578de9b0a427c386.webp?v=1765046463","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/to-think-christianly-a-history-of-labri-regent-college-and-the-christian-study-center-movement-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}