Quality with Soul

By Robert Benne,

Book cover of Quality with Soul: How Six Premier Colleges and Universities Keep Faith with Their Religious Traditions

Book description

This book demonstrates that, despite much evidence to the contrary, there are still Christian colleges and universities of high academic quality that have also kept their religious heritages publicly relevant. Respected scholar Robert Benne explores how six schools from six different religious traditions (Calvin College, Wheaton College, St. Olaf College,…


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1 author picked Quality with Soul as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Robert Benne interviewed me for his book, which offers case studies of several different kinds of religious universities. You know the interview is conducted well, when the person asking the questions is forcing you to think anew about your own implementation of vision. 

Benne asked me how we socialize faculty into our distinctive vision. I immediately sensed that we did not do enough and addressed the issue more fully both in practice and in one of my books.

At a Catholic university, one should also think about how other kinds of religious universities define and realize their mission. This book…

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