Nature and revelation : a history of Macalester college / Jeanne Halgren Kilde ; foreword by James Brewer Stewart.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Minnesota--Saint Paul--History.

Universities and colleges.

Macalester College--History.

Macalester College.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 400 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nature and Revelation is an absorbing history of Macalester College, from its origins as a Presbyterian secondary school in frontier St. Paul to its current presence as a nationally prominent liberal arts college. Detailing the college's history, Jeanne Halgren Kilde tells stories of the college's influential leaders, its defining moments, its rapidly changing student life, and the sometimes controversial evolution of the school's curriculum and reputation, exploring its transformation from a modest evangelical college into a progressive, secular institution. By highlighting the college's bala

Contents:

Protestant roots on the prairie, 1849-1915

Identity and change

Christian education and institution building in St. Paul

The idea of a Christian college

Twin cities rivalry

College life and identity at the turn of the century

Engagement with the world, 1915-1960

Evangelical engagement with modernism

The collapse of the evangelical consensus

Liberal arts in service to the nation and the world

Dewitt Wallace's ambition

Revolution and redirection, 1960-2000

The religion/education intersection transformed

New approaches to academics, internationalism, and service

Challenges and dashed hopes

Countercultural campus

Negotiating institutional democracy

Peaks, pluralism, and prosperity.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-7334-9

OCLC:

648711615