Becoming Grace : seventy-five years on the landscape of Christian higher education in America / edited by Jared S. Burkholder and M. M. Norris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burkholder, Jared S., editor.

Norris, Mark Marston, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theological seminaries--Indiana--Winona Lake--History.

Theological seminaries.

Christian universities and colleges--Indiana--Winona Lake--History.

Christian universities and colleges.

Grace Theological Seminary--History.

Grace Theological Seminary.

Grace College (Winona Lake, Ind.)--History.

Grace College (Winona Lake, Ind.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 247 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Winona Lake, Indiana] : [BMH Books], [2015]

Summary:

Becoming Grace surpasses the scope and purpose of most institutional histories, writes Brethren historian, Jeff Bach. He notes in the foreword that Burkholder, Norris, and their contributors offer a clear and balanced account of Grace College and Theological Seminary from its origins in Akron, Ohio, through its expansion at Winona Lake, Ind., and the difficulties of a later denominational division. The story is carefully set in the context of conflicts between professors and their advocates, the deeper Brethren framework behind those events, and the continued religious developments among the Grace Brethren. Add in broader cultural changes and developments within conservative Christianity in the U.S. in the early 20th century and readers will find the college and seminary illuminated against the backdrop of the larger landscape of Christian higher education in America. - Publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Shirley Mullen

Foreword / Jeff Bach

Introduction

PART I : TENSIONS

1. Heritage / Jared S. Burkholder

2. Beginnings / M. M. Norris

3. Vigilance / Jared S. Burkholder

4. Piety / Christy Hill

5. World / Juan Carlos Téllez

6. Students / James Swanson

7. Community / M. M. Norris

PART II : CONTEXTS

8. The Winona Lake context / Terry White

9. The denominational context / Robert G. Clouse

PART III : RESPONSES

10. Steven Nolt, Goshen College

11. Timothy Erdel, Bethel College

12. Perry Bush, Bluffton University

Appendix A : Covenant of faith

Appendix B : Educational philosophy.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780884693147

0884693147

OCLC:

1021806750