Eastern Mennonite University : A Century of Countercultural Education / Donald B. Kraybill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kraybill, Donald B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mennonites--Education.

Mennonites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

University Park, PA : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this unique educational history, Donald B. Kraybill traces the sociocultural transformation of Eastern Mennonite University from a fledgling separatist school founded by white, rural, Germanic Mennonites into a world-engaged institution populated by many faith traditions, cultures, and nationalities. The founding of Eastern Mennonite School, later Eastern Mennonite University, in 1917 came at a pivotal time for the Mennonite community. Industrialization and scientific discovery were rapidly changing the world, and the increasing availability of secular education offered tempting alternatives that threatened the Mennonite way of life. In response, the Eastern Mennonites founded a school that would "uphold the principles of plainness and simplicity," where youth could learn the Bible and develop skills that would help advance the church. In the latter half of the twentieth century, the university's identity evolved from separatism to social engagement in the face of churning moral tides and accelerating technology. EMU now defines its mission in terms of service, peacebuilding, and community.Comprehensive and well told by a leading scholar of Anabaptist and Pietist studies, this social history of Eastern Mennonite University reveals how the school has mediated modernity while remaining consistently Mennonite. A must-have for anyone affiliated with EMU, it will appeal especially to sociologists and historians of Anabaptist and Pietist studies and higher education

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

PART I Mennonites in a Turbulent Nation, 1880-1920

CHAPTER 1 The Cyclone of Modernity

PART II Eastern Mennonite School and the Founding Era, 1917-1947

CHAPTER 2 Vision Blurred, Hope Deferred

CHAPTER 3 The Experiment at Assembly Park

CHAPTER 4 Fighting for the Truth

CHAPTER 5 Fortifying the Fortress

PART III Eastern Mennonite College and the Big Transformation, 1948-1986

CHAPTER 6 Will the Fortress Stand?

CHAPTER 7 The Ferment of Freedom

CHAPTER 8 Engaging a Turbulent World

CHAPTER 9 Crisis, Retrenchment, Rejuvenation

PART IV Eastern Mennonite University and the Big Expansion, 1987-2017

CHAPTER 10 Justice, Mercy, and Peace for a New Century

CHAPTER 11 Progressive Vision, Changing Mission

PART V The Transformation of Countercultural Education, 1917-2017

CHAPTER 12 An Experiment like No Other

Acknowledgments

Appendix A Chronology of Key Events

Appendix B EMU Annual Enrollment, 1917-1950

Appendix C EMU Annual Enrollment, 1950-2017

Abbreviations for Manuscript Collections and Depositories

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780271080604

0271080604

OCLC:

1309026550