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The Christian college : a history of Protestant higher education in America / William C. Ringenberg ; introduction by Mark A. Noll.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, (c)2006.Edition: second editionDescription: 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780801031458
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC621 .C475 2006
  • LC621
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Contents:
Mark A. Noll -- The colonial period. -- The pervading Christian purpose of colonial education ; -- Instructors and the instruction ; -- Students and student life -- The old-time college. -- The expansion of Christian higher education ; -- The continuing mission ; -- A college education ; -- The extracurriculum ; -- The state university as a Protestant college -- New colleges and new programs. -- Higher education for Blacks ; -- Colleges for women ; -- Colleges founded by the newly rich and the new immigrants ; -- The new curriculum and its effects ; -- Athletics and fraternities -- The movement toward secularization. -- Sources of secularization ; -- Marks of secularization ; -- The process of secularization : the universities ; -- The process of secularization : the church colleges ; -- Varieties of Protestant higher education by 1980 -- The response to secularization. -- The YMCA and other student Christian organizations ; -- The Bible college movement ; -- Fundamentalism and higher education -- The reconstruction of Christian higher education after 1945. -- The emerging line-up of the continuing Christian college ; -- The emerging identity of the continuing Christian college ; -- In partnership with the government -- On to the twenty-first century. -- The recovery continues ; -- New constituencies and extended borders ; -- Enlarging the faith and learning dialogue ; -- The mainline reassesses ; -- The external governors -- Epilogue.
Review: "When it first appeared in 1984 The Christian College was the first modern comprehensive history of Protestant higher education in America. Now this second edition updates the history, featuring a new chapter on the developments of the past two decades, a major introduction by Mark Noll, a new preface and epilogue, and a series of instructive appendices."--BOOK JACKET.
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"A RenewedMinds book."

Introduction : the Christian colleges and American intellectual traditions / Mark A. Noll -- The colonial period. -- The pervading Christian purpose of colonial education ; -- Instructors and the instruction ; -- Students and student life -- The old-time college. -- The expansion of Christian higher education ; -- The continuing mission ; -- A college education ; -- The extracurriculum ; -- The state university as a Protestant college -- New colleges and new programs. -- Higher education for Blacks ; -- Colleges for women ; -- Colleges founded by the newly rich and the new immigrants ; -- The new curriculum and its effects ; -- Athletics and fraternities -- The movement toward secularization. -- Sources of secularization ; -- Marks of secularization ; -- The process of secularization : the universities ; -- The process of secularization : the church colleges ; -- Varieties of Protestant higher education by 1980 -- The response to secularization. -- The YMCA and other student Christian organizations ; -- The Bible college movement ; -- Fundamentalism and higher education -- The reconstruction of Christian higher education after 1945. -- The emerging line-up of the continuing Christian college ; -- The emerging identity of the continuing Christian college ; -- In partnership with the government -- On to the twenty-first century. -- The recovery continues ; -- New constituencies and extended borders ; -- Enlarging the faith and learning dialogue ; -- The mainline reassesses ; -- The external governors -- Epilogue.

"When it first appeared in 1984 The Christian College was the first modern comprehensive history of Protestant higher education in America. Now this second edition updates the history, featuring a new chapter on the developments of the past two decades, a major introduction by Mark Noll, a new preface and epilogue, and a series of instructive appendices."--BOOK JACKET.

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