Seeing the light religious colleges in twenty-first-century America / Samuel Schuman.

Author/creator Schuman, Samuel
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Descriptionix, 326 p. ; 24 cm.
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Contents 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?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2009007057
ISBN9780801893728 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0801893720 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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