This book presents a two-year ethnographic study of a collegiate evangelical student organization at a public university, authored by two "non-evangelicals.

Peter M. Magolda was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Educational Leadership at Miami University. He focused his scholarship on ethnographic studies of college students, critical issues in qualitative research, and program evaluation. He is author of The Lives of Campus Custodians and co-author of Contested Issues in Student Affairs, Contested Issues in Troubled Times, and It's All About Jesus!: Faith as an Oppositional Collegiate Subculture, and has served on the editorial boards of Research in Higher Education and the Journal of Educational Research. He was an ACPA Senior Scholar inductee, and in 2013 received the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Mentoring Award. He also received Miami University's Richard Delp Outstanding Faculty Member award, as well Alumni Award from The Ohio State University and Indiana University. We deeply mourn the loss of author, teacher, and friend Peter M. Magolda. Kelsey Ebben Gross is an academic advisor at the University of Michigan.

Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1. Jesus and Higher Education. Rituals of Faith; 2. Research Processes. Rituals of Inquiry; 3. Researchers' Tales. Rituals of Disclosure; 4. Evolving Christians. Pre-college Evangelical Rituals; 5. God's Squad. Rituals of Recruitment; 6. Praise Jesus. Rituals of Difference; 7. Getting to Really Know Jesus. Teaching and Learning Rituals; 8. Bridging the Gap Between Evangelicals and Non-Believers. Outreach Rituals; 9. Leading by Following Jesus. Servant Leadership Rituals; 10. From College Seniors to Real-World Evangelicals. Transition Rituals; 11. The Chosen. Rituals of Vocation; 12. SSC Revelations and Reconciliations. Rituals of Understanding; 13. Capstone Principles. Exit Rituals; 14. It's all about Jesus. The Last Word; Notes; References; Index.