PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO students concerning the nature of the roles that they will assume in a pluralistic society is an important part of the mission of Christian colleges and universities. However, the fulfilment of this portion of their mission cannot come at the expense of the ontological formation of their students. As a result of an assessment that takes both the roles and the ontological points of existence of students into consideration, this article challenges Christian institutions of higher learning to become places where students can learn to defy the pressures that lead to a divided existence.
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