Religion and the American university / James W. Fraser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraser, James W., 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--United States--Religion--History.

Church and college--United States--History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 368 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"This book is designed to tell the complex story of the changing place of religion in American higher education over the last 220 years"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Religion at the "old time college," 1800-1870

From moral philosophy to a research university, 1870-1905

Chaplains, professors, and their students, 1905-1925

Campus religion and the fracturing of American religion, 1925-1945

A postwar boom in religion and higher education, 1945-1960

The long sixties : charismatic chaplains and radical students, 1960-1980

A second religious depression on campus, 1980-2000

Resurgence and difference after 9/11, 2001-2021.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-349) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1421451743

9781421451749

OCLC:

1522807749