Cowboys, Billionaires, And Pastors Break Tough Ground To Build Great Books Colleges

By: Joy Pullmann

 

CASPER, Wyo. — In full view of Casper Mountain, a half-block of dirt vibrating with giant trucks slopes out from a single office building. Thousands of Christians are helping this dirt turn into Luther Classical College, part of a new generation of college startups founded by Americans whose kids can’t wait for existing institutions to reform.

The blue, gold, and violet palette of America’s mountain west is brighter this autumn day thanks to the cloudless sky. Releasing little puffs as they emerge from frosted vehicles, families trip into the low, brown Mount Hope Lutheran Church and School across the street. They fulfill many an American pastor’s dream amid a post-lockdown attendance deficit by filling two Sunday services with families full of children.

Some little girls wear calico prairie dresses with chic booties. Others wear jeans, hiking shoes, and sweatshirts. Parishioners pass around babies when they get wiggly. In the unusually circular nave, the pastor preaches in front of the organ, itself in front of a large crucifix.

These grownups are building their little ones a college. They want a place their children can meet a faithful spouse and transition to adult duties without contracting debt for a substandard education. They want a robustly Christian classical curricula combined with vocational training — in LCC President Harold Ristau’s words, a place where “a young man can become a plumber while also studying philosophy.”

While the founders of Luther Classical and Roman Catholic institutions such as the College of Saint Joseph the Worker in Steubenville, Ohio, want a deeply traditional Christian environment, the founders of Ralston College in Savannah, Georgia, and the University of Austin in Texas (UATX) are especially responding to the destruction of open discourse at the top-ranked religion-hostile campuses…

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