Disorientation: How to Go to College Without Losing Your Mind - Softcover

Donna Steichen; Jimmy Akin; Fr. John Zuhlsdorf; Peter Kreeft; Robert Spencer; Mark Shea; Eric Metaxas; John Keck; Elizabeth Scalia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934217948 ISBN 13: 9781934217948

Publisher: Ascension Press, 2010

Synopsis

Every year, thousands of young Catholics leave their homes for higher education at our nation's colleges and universities. Very few realize, however, that from orientation day onward, they will be indoctrinated with a vision of reality that is very different from the values their families hold dear.

Sadly, many of our young people will fall prey to one or more of the dominant ideologies ingrained in their college education, ideologies that can lead them away from the Church and, ultimately, their faith in God.

Students who are not taught how to think critically or who lack the tools needed to sift through the logic of these positions are easily swayed by the smooth sophistry of the intellectual elite.

For this reason, twelve of the top Catholic writers in America, who are professors, priests, journalists, philosophers, and theologians, have come together to dissect the trendy ideas that can lead young Catholics away from the Church.

Disorientation is intellectual ammunition for every college student and parent, as it breaks down the history, analyzes the appeal, and debunks the empty promises of wildly popular errors such as:

• Hedonism
• Relativism
• Progressivism
• Modernism
• Scientism
• Fundamentalism
• Radical Feminism
• Multiculturalism

Edited by John Zmirak (author of The Bad Catholic's Guide to Good Living and Choosing the Right College), this book is guaranteed to get college students thinking hard about what their professors are telling them, and what they should really believe.

About this title

About the Author

Johannes Messner was a close colleague and friend of Chancellor Dollfuss. Dr. Alice von Hildebrand is the widow of the man who ran The Christian Corporative State, the newspaper officially commissioned by Dollfuss's publicity chief. Dr. John Zmirak is the author of Wilhelm Roepke. He contributes to such publications as Success, The Baton Rouge Business Report, Investor's Business Daily, and Faith and Family.

From the Back Cover

Every year, thousands of young Catholics leave their homes for higher education at our nation's colleges and universities. Very few realize, however, that from orientation day onward, they will be indoctrinated with a vision of reality that is very different from the values their families hold dear. Sadly, many of our young people will fall prey to one or more of the dominant ideologies ingrained in their college education, ideologies that can lead them away from the Church and, ultimately, their faith in God. Students who are not taught how to think critically or who lack the tools needed to sift through the logic of these positions are easily swayed by the smooth sophistry of the intellectual elite.

For this reason, twelve of the top Catholic writers in America, who are professors, priests, journalists, philosophers, and theologians, have come together to dissect the trendy ideas that can lead young Catholics away from the Church.

Disorientation is intellectual ammunition for every college student and parent, as it breaks down the history, analyzes the appeal, and debunks the empty promises of wildly popular errors such as:

• Hedonism
• Relativism
• Progressivism
• Modernism
• Scientism
• Fundamentalism
• Radical Feminism
• Multiculturalism

Edited by John Zmirak (author of The Bad Catholic's Guide to Good Living and Choosing the Right College), this book is guaranteed to get college students thinking hard about what their professors are telling them, and what they should really believe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ascension Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934217948
• ISBN 13: 9781934217948
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 181
• Editor: John Zmirak