Hanna Rosin, author of GOD’S HARVARD: A Christian College On A Mission To Save America, and Daniel Noah, a graduate of Patrick Henry college, were interviewed by Scott Simon on NPR at the weekend.

Patrick Henry College, a small Christian school located in Virginia near Washington D.C., aims to provide their young evangelical students with religious training and an Ivy League-quality education.

Hanna Rosin, who has written for The Washington Post, Atlantic Magazine, The New Republic, GQ and The New York Times, spent a year and a half ‘embedded’ at the college and got to know Patrick Henry’s students.

In the fascinating GOD’S HARVARD, she follows the lives of students as they struggle to cope with the temptations of modern life whilst trying to retake a godless nation.

Praise for GOD’S HARVARD:

“Whether these kids terrify or delight you has everything to do with your political and religious views but, one way or the other, they are people that you should probably start getting to know. God’s Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America by Hanna Rosin offers an intriguing introduction.” - The Christian Science Monitor

“The challenge for any responsible journalist approaching this subject, then, is twofold. She must approach with compassion, avoiding the stereotyping that so often characterizes books and articles about religious groups.... At the same time, she must retain her skepticism.... With God’s Harvard, Hanna Rosin aces this balancing act.” - Newsweek

“The fun of God’s Harvard is in Rosin’s perspective—it’s clear that although she doesn’t always agree with the kids, she likes them… As a secular reporter trying to understand an evangelical campus, Rosin is actually in a perfect position to empathize: She’s in a world dramatically different from her own, but not of it.” - Mother Jones

Click here to listen to the interview.

Click here for Hanna Rosin’s debate with David Kuo, editor of beliefnet.com, at Slate.

Click here for the God’s Harvard website