Seeing the light : religious colleges in twenty-first-century America / Samuel Schuman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schuman, Samuel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian universities and colleges--United States.

Christian universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Schuman concludes that these schools--Baylor University, Anderson University, New Saint Andrews College, Calvin College, North Park University, George Fox University, Westmont College, Oral Roberts University, Northwestern College, and Wheaton College--and others like them offer important and timely lessons for the broader higher-education community.

Contents:

Pt. I. Introduction

1. An agenda for the study of religious colleges and universities

2. Contexts historical and denominational

3. Three Roman Catholic colleges and universities [College of New Rochelle, Villanova University, Thomas Aquinas College]

Pt. II. Baptist schools

4. Pro ecclesia, pro texana: Baylor University, Waco, Texas

5. A civil college: Anderson University, Anderson, South Carolina

Pt. III. Denominational colleges

6. "At the front lines of the culture wars": New Saint Andrews College, Moscow, Idaho

7. "To clear some part of the human jungle": Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan

8. Swedes and the city: North Park University, Chicago, Illinois

Pt. IV. Nondenominational Christian colleges and universities

9. Friends and/or friendly?: George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon

10. An island of piety in a sea of riches: Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California

11. "Expect a miracle": Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma

12. A Christian walk up north: Northwestern College, St. Paul, Minnesota

13. "For Christ and his kingdom": Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois

Pt. V. Conclusions

14. What can we learn?

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-9608-8

OCLC:

647868243