The Dying of the Light: The Disengagement of Colleges and Universities from Their Christian ChurchesJames Tunstead Burtchaell, who has extensive experience in American higher education as both a teacher and an administrator, provides case studies of seventeen prominent colleges and universities with diverse ecclesial origins - Congregational, Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, Catholic, and Evangelical. Using published and archival sources as well as firsthand interaction with each institution he covers, Burtchaell narrates how each school's religious identity eventually became first uncomfortable and then expendable, and he analyzes the processes that eroded the bonds between school and church. |
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... professor of religion . " By 1798 , however , religion had fallen into a slump : only a single senior that year could be found to profess a public commitment . Despite the charter's prohibition of denom- inational bias , both the board ...
... professor of religion . " By 1798 , however , religion had fallen into a slump : only a single senior that year could be found to profess a public commitment . Despite the charter's prohibition of denom- inational bias , both the board ...
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... Professor Crawford , Professor of Latin , as he had been assured of an appointment at Hunter College , New York , at a salary of $ 6,000 . , increasing to $ 8,000 . , by the President . Owing to party politics the recommendation of the ...
... Professor Crawford , Professor of Latin , as he had been assured of an appointment at Hunter College , New York , at a salary of $ 6,000 . , increasing to $ 8,000 . , by the President . Owing to party politics the recommendation of the ...
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... Professor Merle Strege of Anderson University for improving my clarity on this point . 75. David Weeks , professor of political science , “ Politicizing the Classroom : Promoting Community with Civic Education , " in In Celebration of ...
... Professor Merle Strege of Anderson University for improving my clarity on this point . 75. David Weeks , professor of political science , “ Politicizing the Classroom : Promoting Community with Civic Education , " in In Celebration of ...
Contents
The Presbyterians | 123 |
The Methodists | 257 |
The Baptists | 357 |
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