What is study like in Higher Education these days? What sort of values and opinions can you expect to be taught? In a recent straw poll, a group of 60 Christian Union leaders from around Britain, studying a variety of subjects, were asked to indicate whether they had faced open opposition in class from academics for being Christians. Around 50% had, mostly for contending that there is such a thing as truth.
Why would that happen? How should you be prepared if you meet the same pressures in your study? While the sample that was surveyed was small, it indicates fairly the challenge that many Christian students face — university and colleges are places where it is increasingly difficult to stand for truth. It may come as a shock to learn that theology and Religious Studies courses are often not exceptions.
A long time coming
In most universities two ideas about truth come across loud and clear:
