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Autore: |
Schuman Samuel
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Titolo: |
Seeing the light : religious colleges in twenty-first-century America / / Samuel Schuman
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Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
Disciplina: | 378/.0710973 |
Soggetto topico: | Christian universities and colleges - United States |
Colleges and undiversities - United States | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Pt. I. Introduction -- 1. An agenda for the study of religious colleges and universities -- 2. Contexts historical and denominational -- 3. Three Roman Catholic colleges and universities [College of New Rochelle, Villanova University, Thomas Aquinas College] -- Pt. II. Baptist schools -- 4. Pro ecclesia, pro texana: Baylor University, Waco, Texas -- 5. A civil college: Anderson University, Anderson, South Carolina -- Pt. III. Denominational colleges -- 6. "At the front lines of the culture wars": New Saint Andrews College, Moscow, Idaho -- 7. "To clear some part of the human jungle": Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan -- 8. Swedes and the city: North Park University, Chicago, Illinois -- Pt. IV. Nondenominational Christian colleges and universities -- 9. Friends and/or friendly?: George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon -- 10. An island of piety in a sea of riches: Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California -- 11. "Expect a miracle": Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma -- 12. A Christian walk up north: Northwestern College, St. Paul, Minnesota -- 13. "For Christ and his kingdom": Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois -- Pt. V. Conclusions -- 14. What can we learn? |
Sommario/riassunto: | Schuman concludes that these schools--Baylor University, Anderson University, New Saint Andrews College, Calvin College, North Park University, George Fox University, Westmont College, Oral Roberts University, Northwestern College, and Wheaton College--and others like them offer important and timely lessons for the broader higher-education community. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Seeing the light ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8018-9608-8 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910822804103321 |
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