Today’s American Christians face many challenges in their conversations with non-Christians or people of a secular worldview. Aria’s project considers practical theology, current pastoral literature, and the value of relationship, in order to equip congregations and their leadership with practical principles for approaching conversations as Jesus’ salt and light in our secular society. 

Colleges create handbooks in order to protect the wellbeing of their students as well as maintain university policies and values. Especially in the case of Christian universities, handbook rules direct behavior in ways supportive of religious teachings. This study analyzes the language of four different Christian university handbooks, applying the work of Bakhtin & Holquist (1981), and reveals ways Christian universities negotiate the complexity of both serving diverse student populations and maintaining their Christian mission.