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The founding moment : church, society and the construction of Trinity College / William Westfall.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religionPublication details: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2002.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 160 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraitsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780773570665
  • 0773570667
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Founding moment.DDC classification:
  • 378.713/541 21
LOC classification:
  • LE3.T72 W47 2002eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 The Grand Procession -- 2 A University Worthy of the Name -- 3 The Great Christian Household -- Epilogue: Refounding Trinity College -- Notes -- Illustration credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W
Review: "In The Founding Moment William Westfall details the founding of Trinity College, telling the story of an important group of Anglicans who tried to respond creatively to the powerful social forces reshaping English-speaking Canada in the middle of the nineteenth century. He explores the motives, goals, and social and religious ideas that were behind the creation of this important institution of higher education, explaining the reasons Trinity was founded, the role it played in Canadian society, and the way its founding doctrines were transformed into a functioning college. He also challenges the social and educational views of the founders, giving voice to those who did not share the founders' vision and criticized the course the college was determined to pursue. These dissenting voices help us understand the problems the new college faced and the steps a new generation of leadership would take to point the college in a new direction, and define a very different relationship with the modern world."--Jacket
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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)404182

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 The Grand Procession -- 2 A University Worthy of the Name -- 3 The Great Christian Household -- Epilogue: Refounding Trinity College -- Notes -- Illustration credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W

"In The Founding Moment William Westfall details the founding of Trinity College, telling the story of an important group of Anglicans who tried to respond creatively to the powerful social forces reshaping English-speaking Canada in the middle of the nineteenth century. He explores the motives, goals, and social and religious ideas that were behind the creation of this important institution of higher education, explaining the reasons Trinity was founded, the role it played in Canadian society, and the way its founding doctrines were transformed into a functioning college. He also challenges the social and educational views of the founders, giving voice to those who did not share the founders' vision and criticized the course the college was determined to pursue. These dissenting voices help us understand the problems the new college faced and the steps a new generation of leadership would take to point the college in a new direction, and define a very different relationship with the modern world."--Jacket