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Seeing the light : religious colleges in twenty-first-century America / Samuel Schuman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 326 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780801896088
  • 0801896088
  • 9780801893728
  • 0801893720
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Seeing the light.DDC classification:
  • 378/.0710973 22
LOC classification:
  • LC538 .S38 2010eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
pt. I. Introduction -- 1. An agenda for the study of religious colleges and universities -- 2. Contexts historical and denominational -- 3. Three Roman Catholic colleges and universities [College of New Rochelle, Villanova University, Thomas Aquinas College] -- pt. II. Baptist schools -- 4. Pro ecclesia, pro texana: Baylor University, Waco, Texas -- 5. A civil college: Anderson University, Anderson, South Carolina -- pt. III. Denominational colleges -- 6. "At the front lines of the culture wars": New Saint Andrews College, Moscow, Idaho -- 7. "To clear some part of the human jungle": Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan -- 8. Swedes and the city: North Park University, Chicago, Illinois -- pt. IV. Nondenominational Christian colleges and universities -- 9. Friends and/or friendly?: George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon -- 10. An island of piety in a sea of riches: Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California -- 11. "Expect a miracle": Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma -- 12. A Christian walk up north: Northwestern College, St. Paul, Minnesota -- 13. "For Christ and his kingdom": Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois -- pt. V. Conclusions -- 14. What can we learn?
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)303896

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Introduction -- 1. An agenda for the study of religious colleges and universities -- 2. Contexts historical and denominational -- 3. Three Roman Catholic colleges and universities [College of New Rochelle, Villanova University, Thomas Aquinas College] -- pt. II. Baptist schools -- 4. Pro ecclesia, pro texana: Baylor University, Waco, Texas -- 5. A civil college: Anderson University, Anderson, South Carolina -- pt. III. Denominational colleges -- 6. "At the front lines of the culture wars": New Saint Andrews College, Moscow, Idaho -- 7. "To clear some part of the human jungle": Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan -- 8. Swedes and the city: North Park University, Chicago, Illinois -- pt. IV. Nondenominational Christian colleges and universities -- 9. Friends and/or friendly?: George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon -- 10. An island of piety in a sea of riches: Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California -- 11. "Expect a miracle": Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma -- 12. A Christian walk up north: Northwestern College, St. Paul, Minnesota -- 13. "For Christ and his kingdom": Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois -- pt. V. Conclusions -- 14. What can we learn?

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