Degrees of Faith

Now online (and possibly in the mailboxes of those who subscribe), the November issue of First Things , featuring our first ever survey of America’s colleges and universities. Unlike other rankings, we include the schools’ social and religious life as well as their academics. The section includes our choice of the top 25 schools in America and descriptions of over one hundred secular and religious institutions, as well as lists like the most and least Catholic Catholic schools and the secular schools least unfriendly to religious faith.

Available online are: Stanley Hauerwas’s advice for students entering college , Ross Douthat’s review of Jonathan Franzen’s novel Freedom , and R. R. Reno’s ranking of the top graduate programs in theology .To see what’s In the rest of the issue, click here .