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Dancing with the Kobzar : Bluffton College and Mennonite higher education, 1899-1999 / Perry Bush ; foreword by Lee Snyder.
Van Pelt Library LD456.B62 B87 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bush, Perry.
- Series:
- Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history ; no. 38.
- Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history ; no. 38
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bluffton College (Bluffton, Ohio)--History.
- Bluffton College (Bluffton, Ohio).
- Mennonites--Education (Higher)--United States.
- Mennonites.
- Mennonites--Education (Higher).
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Bluffton College and Mennonite higher education, 1899-1999
- Place of Publication:
- Telford, Pa. : Pandora Press U.S. ; Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press ; Newton, Kan. : Faith & Life Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- Combining an engaging style with scholarly support (including extensive notes plus bibliography and index), Perry Bush delicately balances critical assessment and affirmation of the Bluffton College's legacy of progressive Anabaptism and its place within Anabaptism.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Anabaptism, Progressivism, and Little Riley Creek 17
- 1 Central Mennonite College and the Trials of Noah Hirschy, 1900-1908 25
- 2 "United Progressive Mennonites," 1909-1929 59
- 3 "One Can Hardly Imagine Bluffton College without Some Unrest," 1930-1938 97
- 4 Prexy Ramseyer's College, 1939-1959 124
- 5 Freedom and Order, 1960-1972 160
- 6 Bluffton College Photo Essay 193
- 7 "The Mood Is Sober ... But Still There Is Hope," 1973-1989 215
- 8 The Dance of the Kobzar, 1990-1999 246.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-308) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0966502132
- 0966502183
- OCLC:
- 43118241
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