Investigating Political Tolerance At Conservative Protestant Colleges and Universitie

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 determine if there is an insular environment at conservative Protestant institutions beyond religious obligations, or if these institutions are only restrictive as it concerns those theological commitments. Drawing from five distinct sets of data, the authors demonstrate that conservative Protestant institutions of higher education exhibit more political diversity and political tolerance than other institutions of higher education, including elite 'Research 1' institutions.

About the author

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.

Summary

This book aims to investigate the level of political tolerance at conservative Protestant colleges and universities.

Product details

• Authors: Laurel Shaler, YANCEY, Jerald H. Walz, George Shaler Yancey, Yancey George, Jerald Walz, George Yancey
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.03.2019
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9781138353985
• ISBN: 978-1-138-35398-5
• Pages: 160
• Series: Routledge Research in Religion and Education; Routledge Research in Religion and Education
• Subjects: EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Moral and social purpose of education, College Professor, Teaching of a specific subject, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Moral & social purpose of education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, Contemporary Society, social science methodology, liberty university, Christian colleges, Native American Mascots, Moody Bible Institute, evangelical academic institutions, academic freedom research, student ideological climate, campus political diversity, tolerance in faith-based colleges, religious higher education, Wheaton College, ACLU Member, Bethel University, Christian College Campuses, Religious Screening, Divided Academy, Evangelical colleges, Liberty Students, Carnegie Research Institutions, Bible Institutes, Conservative Protestant Denominations, Political Makeup, Carnegie Research