Denominational higher education during the Vietnam War [electronic resource] / John J. Laukaitis, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Laukaitis, John J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian universities and colleges--United States--History--20th century.

Christian universities and colleges.

Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Education, Higher.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States--Education and the war.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Education, Higher--Political aspects.

War and education.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.

Summary:

In this follow up to Laukaitis' Denominational Higher Education During World War II (Palgrave 2018), this collection investigates connections between religion, student activism, and higher education to reveal the complexity of public reactions to the controversies around the Vietnam War. Historical treatments of how the Vietnam War generated tensions on campuses across the country remain centered on public universities such as University of California-Berkeley, Kent State, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Missing from the historical analysis is how the Vietnam War affected the campuses of Christian liberal arts colleges. This work centers on how Christian liberal arts colleges across the landscape of the United States encountered the national crisis in relationship to their Christian tenets and how particular religious communities and student bodies responded to the war.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Days of Dissension: North Park College During the Vietnam War

3. "Bypassing Houghtons Serene Copse of Academe? A Wesleyan Colleges Engagement with the Perplexities of Vietnam

4. A Time to Build at a Time for War: The Founding Story of Palm Beach Atlantic University

5. Whitworth College and the Vietnam War: "Just Take a Stand '

6. Huntington College, Liberal Education, and the Practice of Christian Democratic Citizenship in the Vietnam War Era.

Notes:

Includes index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 18, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9783030986537

3030986535

OCLC:

1314430028

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.