SOC 1167 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5-14: The College Dropout, Ivy League, Thorstein Veblen
9 Mar 2016
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On a christian mission to the top: Many of the ivy league schools were expressed as christian colleges. The schools have become more secular as time went on. The growing power and influence of evangelical christians is manifest everywhere these days, from the bestseller list to the white house. For the past forty years, evangelicals have pulled steadily closer in income and education to mainline protestants in the historically affluent establishment denominations. Evangelicals are now increasingly likely to be college graduates and in the top income brackets. Their growing wealth and education help explain the new influence of evangelicals in the american culture and politics. There has been a rise in groups to reclaim the ivy leagues for christ. Tim havens graduated from brown coming from an evangelical family in the midwest. Basically he lost himself as he went on in brown. Dating several girls each semester through meaningless relationships.
