In this book Douglas Sloan explores the impact that the Protestant theological renaissance had on American colleges and universities. In particular Sloan focuses on the churchs most significant claim to have a continuing voice in higher education: its particular ability to demonstrate a connection between faith and the dominant modern conceptions of knowledge. Sloan looks at the ways the mainline Protestant churches did and did not deal effectively with this faith-knowledge situation and the subsequent cessation of the churchs large-scale engagement with American higher education.