Congregation and campus : Baptists in higher education / William H. Brackney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brackney, William H.

Series:

James N. Griffith series in Baptist studies

[The James N. Griffith series in Baptist studies]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baptist universities and colleges--North America.

Baptist universities and colleges.

Baptists--Education (Higher)--North America.

Baptists.

Baptists--Education (Higher).

North America.

Physical Description:

xx, 499 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Congregation & campus

Place of Publication:

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, [2008]

Summary:

In Congregation and Campus, the fullness of the Baptist experience in Christian higher education is explored, charted, and analyzed. Beginning with the establishment in 1756 of the Academy and reaching to the present, the author explores the need for Baptists to pursue education and the types of schools they founded. Included are colleges, universities, manual-labor schools, literary and theological institutions, theological schools, and Bible colleges. Special attention is given to women and higher education and black Baptist achievements. Details are provided about what makes a Baptist school Baptist: charters, trustees, presidents, support, church accountability. The major examples of each type are woven together into an integrated narrative involving Northern, Southern, Freewill, independent, black, fundamentalist, and Landmarkist strands. In many instances, Baptists can rightly claim pioneering status, notably in women's education and among the black Baptist traditions. In other instances, Baptists were imitators of groups like Congregationalists and Presbyterians. Towering above all other achievements was the University of Chicago that brought Baptists into the forefront of American higher education. Readers will note the attention given to Canadian developments, as the author's North American orientation shines through. The interrelationships between the Canadian and American Baptist communities cannot be denied. Chapters at the end of the typological and chronological narratives ponder the meaning of denominational education at present, with suggestions about the future of "faith-based" institutions and the failure of contemporary literature to attend properly to Baptist idiosyncrasies.

Contents:

Introduction

The meaning of Baptist identity in higher education

Rhode Island College and the classical tradition

Experiments : manual labor and blended institutions

The emergence of denominational colleges

Baptist education for women

Baptist colleges for African Americans

Baptist ideas of a university

Theological schools for the training of ministers

Baptists and the Bible College

Baptists face institutional demise and devolution

Present challenges and the larger picture.

Notes:

Series statement from jacket flap.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [453]-465) and index.

ISBN:

9780881461305

088146130X

OCLC:

223853501