Maturation calls into sharp focus our views of reality, the meaning of life, and other existential concepts. In the book, Father Sergius by Leo Tolstoy, the protagonist Augusto Perez shakes his fist at God and asks, "Am I a creature of fiction?" This is the central question haunting modern society. In a way, too, it is the question I hear many young people ask.

In 2009 Western society, we are asking that question at the university.

The first modern university was Halle University, founded in 1694. From the beginning, universities have wrestled with accepting truth as an absolute reality or seeing truth as an objective intellectual quest. The quest, unfortunately, has led us to many dead ends.

The modern university is a hostile environment for most Christians....