Messiah College Media Mentions

Professors Douglas and Rhonda Jacobsen respond to questions about their new book, “No Longer Invisible: Religion in University Education,” in the Oct. 25 Inside Higher Ed.

Read “Book argues colleges should do a better job engaging with religion.”

The Amish young people starring in a new reality television show, “Breaking Amish,” tackled some pretty taboo topics in a recent episode. David Weaver-Zercher, professor of American religious history, countered some of the claims in an Oct. 18 Huffington Post article.

Read “‘Breaking Amish’ cast members claim bestiality part of Amish life.”

Professor Douglas Jacobsen, distinguished professor of church history, and senior Abby Madden `13 are quoted in an Oct. 18 York Daily Record article about a recent Pew Study that found that fewer and fewer young people are identifying as religious.

Read “Local college officials, students discuss a new study indicating a lack of religious adherence among young people.”

Paul Rego, chair of the politics department, views the second presidential debate of this election season to be especially critical for the President. Rego’s comments are included in an Oct. 15 Robert Vickers’ column in the Harrisburg Patriot-News.

Read “Analysis: Pressure on Obama to prove himself in second presidential debate.”

Professor Douglas and Rhonda Jacobsen are the authors of the new book, “No Longer Invisible: Religion in University Education.” The book was recently praised by Chris Gehrz on his “The Pietist Schoolman” blog.

Read “Religion’s ‘return’ to higher education.”

Greg Hurley helped develop Messiah’s new dance major. He is profiled in a September 8 Lancater Intelligencer/Lancaster New Era article.

“Educator integrates dance and faith” is not available online.

Jennifer Fisler, director of the Teacher Education Program at Messiah College, provides helpful advice for students considering whether to major in education in a September College Bound story.

Read “School yourself on education careers.”

A Sept. 1 Pittsburgh Post Gazette story about actor Clint Eastwood’s performance at the Republican National Convention includes insight from Robin Lauermann, Messiah College professor of politics, who characterized the mystifying performance as a non-issue in the overall election.

Read “Boffo or babble? Clint Eastwood’s performance ignites the Twittersphere.”

Two Messiah College professors–John Fea, history, and Robin Lauermann, politics–talk about what students can do to make a good, lasting impression on their professors in an Aug. StudentAdvisor.com blog post.

Read “Make a good impression of your professors.”

Douglas and Rhonda Jacobsen  offer an unbiased view of the current state of religion across college campuses in their new book, “No Longer Invisible: Religion in University Education.”  The Aug. 26 Metro highlighted the new book.

Read “Religion returns to college campuses.”