Kissing in the Chapel, Praying in the Frat House: Wrestling with Faith and College [Hardcover]

College is a time to learn, explore, and grow, but what does faith have to do with it? In this collection of essays, gifted writers in their twenties and early thirties reflect on their college years by telling storiessome hilarious, some heart-wrenchingon the intersection of faith and college.

At a time when so much is writtenaboutyoung adults but notbyyoung adults, this collection allows writers to reveal their college experience in their own voice, sharing, through reflection on their own joys and sorrows, unique insight into students experience of college. Themes include negotiating identity, sex and sexuality, discerning the future, studying abroad, and transitions in faith.

This collection includes stories from large public universities and small, faith-related colleges. Perfect for faith leaders, college administrators, study groups, young adults, and anyone who loves a college student,Kissing in the Chapel, Praying in the Frat Housereveals college struggles that help us reflect on faith and life in college, and forever.

This [is an] absorbing, diverse anthology . . . In 21 essays, young men and women in their 20s and 30s reflect on their college experience with faith, exploring a wide range of subjectsfrom Kristi Del Vecchios socially-minded humanism to Edward Andersons reflections on the powerful ways a religious upbringing can both shape and challenge a young persons attempt to discover faith on his own terms. The most outstanding essays appear in the section on 'Sex and Sexuality,' every one of these extraordinarily, even painfully, honest. The authors movingly describe their intimate experiences as they deal with some complicated tl“,