The Christian college : a history of Protestant higher education in America / William C. Ringenberg ; introduction by Mark A. Noll. [print]
Material type: TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, (c)2006.Edition: second editionDescription: 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780801031458
- LC621.N793.C475 2006
- LC621.R581.C475 2006
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Reference (Library Use ONLY) | G. Allen Fleece Library Reference (1st floor - front of library) | RES | LC621.R564.C475 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | EDU9200 | PhD Comp Exam 4: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Education | 31923001720651 |
"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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