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The multifaith Web site Beliefnet takes a look at codes of conduct at Christian colleges. Strict rules against drinking, smoking, dancing, and other behavior don't seem to hurt—enrollment at Council for Christian Colleges and Universities schools has jumped 24 percent in the last decade. Still, the dean of campus life at Abilene Christian University says student behavior is getting worse. And other colleges, like Westmont and Biola, are considering even more changes to their codes of conduct, recent abatements notwithstanding.

That's what Michael G. Maudlin, executive director of editorial operations for Christianity Today incorporated (and supervisor of ChristianityToday.com Weblog) says in a Slate "Book Club" discussion with Randall Balmer, American religion professor at Columbia University and author of several books on evangelical history. "Little holds together theologically in the Left Behind books," he writes. Meanwhile, Balmer submits a rather history of premillennialism that avoids discussion of the Tim LaHaye/Jerry Jenkins series. Though there is this interesting nugget: the writer and director of the Thief in the Night film series was Balmer's Sunday School teacher, and Balmer's father, who helped with the series' financing, had a bit part as the early evangelical pastor. The discussion will continue for the next few days.

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