As we prepare for a new slate of programs during the 2008-2008 academic year at the University of Minnesota, we’re encouraging the Institute’s friends to pick up a copy of Dr. Steve Keillor’s new book The Basis of Belief: A Century of Drama and Debate at the University of Minnesota. This remarkable volume, which complements Dr. George Marsden’s classic volume The Soul of the American University, tells a provocative story of the interplay and conflict between religion and secularization in the history of the University of Minnesota. The $15.95 book is available from Amazon.com, or you may order it for $18.00 (shipping included) from the Institute by contacting Sara Joy Proppe at sarajoy@maclaurin.org.