rprensner

I know Brown and Yale are considered the most liberal, but that doesn't necessarily rule them out for me. I just want to go somewhere people will respect my beliefs.

BigMike3541

I think as long as you are respectful of others people will be respectful of you..

coureur

They are all largely liberal and all will be respectful.

gravitysrainbow

It's a shame that political viewpoints (liberal/moderate/conservative) are considered the benchmark for how religiously accepting a school might be. Truly sad.

Anyways, as long as you don't proselytize, you'll be comfortable almost anywhere. You'll run into the occasional a-hole who just HAS to prove you wrong, but you'll run into those people all through out life so you might as well learn to deal with them now.

rprensner

I agree with the conservative/liberal thing as a benchmark, especially since I don't firmly hold to any part of that spectrum. Interestingly, I've heard Yale is extremely accepting of Christians even though it is notoriously liberal as well.

Hunt

Yale has numerous religious groups, including a fairly large Christian Fellowship affiliated with Intervarsity. For all of these schools, you could probably find info on the school's website about religious groups on campus.

Whistle Pig

An interesting question, I'm tempted to say "unanswerable." And I suspect in the context of which it is asked, it is such.

But what is certain? God is @ all of them, despite rabid attempts to eliminate His presence. But ain't none of 'em with a campus culture congruent to Wheaton or Biola or Eastern or Messiah or a great many places where Christ is central to the spirit, vision, purpose, and programs.

btw, ...I don't think this is about respect, religion or politics. It's about Christ. Not nearly so complicated as we might portray it.

Hunt

You might even rephrase the question as follows: which Ivy League is the best for Christians, considered as an evangelistic opportunity?

Whistle Pig

Great point ...does one desire to be preaching to the choir, or making friends with hostile natives?

JohnZmirak

I edit "Choosing the Right College," (ISI Books) which makes a point of tracking which schools are welcoming/tolerant environments for students with traditional mores, especially Christians. We rank such schools with Red/Yellow/Green "lights," with detailed rationales in each profile. Of the Ivies, the one that has the widest range of opinion, and consequently offers the best welcome to Christians, is Princeton--hands-down. The James Madison initiative there is very much worth looking into. To learn more, check out our profile of the school (sorry, it's a pay-site) at CollegeGuide.org - Home.

Whistle Pig

John, are you able to copy and paste any of this? Thanks for the lead. Having had family @ even dear old Presbyterian Princeton, I confess to amazement and skepticism, but not enough to merit spending $25 to glean info on what sounds like a worthy mission ...but in the end is mired in the spiritual land of oz. Simply hard imagining the heathens of Haddonfield lending any real credence or possibility of nurturing any missionary zeal for Christ on campus. Please make my day ...and prove my skepticism all wet.

parisparis

oh dear, i wish people would learn to respect and tolerate another one's belief or lack of belief. NO ONE can claim with absolute certainty that god either exists or not for NO ONE can possibly know, and for the believers (whatever god they may worship; denomination, eg catholic, pentecostal, jehovah witness, born-again, mormon...) that their religion is the true one. respect and tolerance (and not arrogance and pretentioness) ought to be de rigueur

celibidache

I would say colleges with larger recruiment.Let's suppose there are 200undergraduates out of 4700 undergraduates in Yale are faithful Christian;Then we go to Cornell ,hypothetically,has the same ratio of students who are faithful Christian,then there would be more than 400 out of 10000 there.Comparing 200 people in Yale,400 well be a large number which make you group feel stronger.And also larger student body means more diversity. If there is a larger student pool there individuals would pay lesser attention to students other than themselvies .

fogfog

interesting
Princeton huh?

Wonder what makes it more open to christians...

We are doing the college search and considering this issue as well...