Nature and Revelation is an absorbing history of Macalester College, from its origins as a Presbyterian secondary school in frontier St. Paul to its current presence as a nationally prominent liberal arts college. Detailing the colleges history, Jeanne Halgren Kilde tells stories of the colleges influential leaders, its defining moments, its rapidly changing student life, and the sometimes controversial evolution of the schools curriculum and reputation, exploring its transformation from a modest evangelical college into a progressive, secular institution.
Nature and Revelation is an absorbing history of Macalester College, from its origins as a Presbyterian secondary school in frontier St. Paul to its current presence as a nationally prominent liberal arts college. Detailing the colleges history, Jeanne Halgren Kilde tells stories of the colleges influential leaders, its defining moments, its rapidly changing student life, and the sometimes controversial evolution of the schools curriculum and reputation, exploring its transformation from a modest evangelical college into a progressive, secular institution.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jeanne Halgren Kilde is director of the religious studies program at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of several books, including Sacred Power, Sacred Space: An Introduction to Christian Architecture and Worship and When Church Became Theatre: The Transformation of Evangelical Architecture and Worship in Nineteenth-Century America. James Brewer Stewart is James Wallace Professor of History Emeritus at Macalester College.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword James Stewart Acknowledgments Part I. Protestant Roots on the Prairie 1849–19151. Identity and Change 2. Christian Education and Institution Building in St. Paul 3. The Idea of a Christian College 4. Twin Cities Rivalry 5. College Life and Identity at the Turn of the CenturyPart II. Engagement with the World 1915–19606. Evangelical Engagement with Modernism 7. The Collapse of the Evangelical Consensus 8. Liberal Arts in Service to the Nation and the World 9. DeWitt Wallace’s AmbitionPart III. Revolution and Redirection 1960–200010. The Religion/Education Intersection Transformed 11. New Approaches to Academics Internationalism and Service 12. Challenges and Dashed Hopes 13. Countercultural Campus 14. Negotiating Institutional Democracy 15. Peaks Pluralism and Prosperity Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
Foreword James Stewart Acknowledgments Part I. Protestant Roots on the Prairie 1849–19151. Identity and Change 2. Christian Education and Institution Building in St. Paul 3. The Idea of a Christian College 4. Twin Cities Rivalry 5. College Life and Identity at the Turn of the CenturyPart II. Engagement with the World 1915–19606. Evangelical Engagement with Modernism 7. The Collapse of the Evangelical Consensus 8. Liberal Arts in Service to the Nation and the World 9. DeWitt Wallace’s AmbitionPart III. Revolution and Redirection 1960–200010. The Religion/Education Intersection Transformed 11. New Approaches to Academics Internationalism and Service 12. Challenges and Dashed Hopes 13. Countercultural Campus 14. Negotiating Institutional Democracy 15. Peaks Pluralism and Prosperity Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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