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Faithful intellect : Samuel S. Nelles and Victoria University / Neil Semple.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Semple, Neil, 1949-
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 30.
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 30
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nelles, S. S. (Samuel Sobieski), 1823-1887.
- Nelles, S. S.
- Victoria University (Cobourg, Ont.)--History.
- Victoria University (Cobourg, Ont.).
- Victoria University (Cobourg, Ont.)--Presidents--Biography.
- Education, Higher--Ontario--History--19th century.
- Education, Higher.
- College presidents--Ontario--Cobourg--Biography.
- College presidents.
- Methodists--Ontario--Biography.
- Methodists.
- Cobourg (Ont.)--Biography.
- Cobourg (Ont.).
- Physical Description:
- xx, 369 pages.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1850, Samuel Nelles, a well-educated Methodist minister, was selected to resuscitate the debt-ridden and declining Victoria University. As principal, and later as president and chancellor, he fought against shortsighted government educational policies while making the school into one of the premier universities in Canada. A true academic, Nelles believed in the importance of testing assumed laws, dogmas, and creeds. However his pursuit of intellectual inquiry was always guided by a rational faith in God, as well as the expectation of the future greatness and goodness of humanity. "Faithful Intellect" expands the reader's understanding of many of the key intellectual, religious, and political concerns of nineteenth-century English Canada while providing an essential contribution to the study of Canada’s system of higher education.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Early Life
- Student Days
- The Young Scholar-Preacher
- The New Principal
- Addressing the People
- The Academic
- The Quest for a Quiet, Settled Faith
- Family and University Life
- The University Question
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-363) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-86285-5
- 9786612862854
- 0-7735-7217-1
- OCLC:
- 923231802
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