{"product_id":"to-think-christianly-a-history-of-labri-regent-college-and-the-christian-study-center-movement-9780830852826","title":"To Think Christianly: A History of L'Abri  Regent College  and the Christian Study Center Movement","description":"\u003cp\u003e2020 ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award 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  LAbri  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 LAbri and of Regent had launched Christian \"study centers\" of their ownoften based on or near university campusesfrom 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 faithfullyin 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 LAbri and Regent College  Cotherman elucidates the histories of The C. S. Lewis Institute near Washington  DC R. C. Sprouls 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 Each of these projects owed something to Schaeffers and Houstons approaches  which combined intellectual and cultural awareness with compelling spirituality  open-handed hospitality  relational networks  and a deep commitment to the gospels significance for all fields of studyand 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. Built on a rich foundation of original interviews  archival documents  and contemporary sources  To Think Christianly sheds new light on this set of defining figures and places in evangelicalisms life of the mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45793958756405,"sku":"ByrdShop_0830852824","price":66.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780830852826.jpg?v=1784807547","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/to-think-christianly-a-history-of-labri-regent-college-and-the-christian-study-center-movement-9780830852826","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}