Catholic higher education in Protestant America : the Jesuits and Harvard in the age of the university / Kathleen A. Mahoney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahoney, Kathleen A., 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Education (Higher)--United States.

Jesuits.

Harvard University--Administration--History.

Harvard University.

Church and college--United States--History.

Church and college.

Catholics--Education (Higher)--United States--History.

Catholics.

Catholic universities and colleges--United States.

Catholic universities and colleges.

Catholics--Education (Higher).

History.

Administration.

Education, Higher.

United States.

Protestant churches--Relations--Catholic Church--United States--History.

Protestant churches.

Relations.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

x, 347 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Summary:

"A fascinating documentary on the struggles between 'descendants of Luther and the sons of Loyola'... Explains how the creation of modern secular universities forced Catholic colleges to adapt or languish." -- Connection

Contents:

I. Between Protestants and Catholics 19

1. The Descendants of Luther and the Sons of Loyola 21

2. Time: The Harvard Law School Controversy and the Modern Imperative 60

II. Among Catholics 99

3. Persons: The Bonds of Religion and the Claims of Class 101

4. Place: Americanism and the Higher Education of Catholics 151

III. Among Jesuits 193

5. Novus Ordo Academicus and the Travails of Adapting 195

A. Harvard Law School's Select List of Colleges, 1893 251

B. Colleges and Programs Added and Removed from Harvard Law School's Select List of Institutions, 1894-1903 254

C. President Eliot and Jesuit Colleges / Timothy Brosnahan, S.J. 257

D. Select List of Jesuit Superiors, Provincials, and Presidents 271.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0801873401

OCLC:

52531830