Religious Higher Education in the United States: A Source Book (Source Books on Education)

ISBN 10: 0815316364 ISBN 13: 9780815316367

Publisher: Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

Higher education today suffers from lack of a clearly articulated purpose-a deficiency particularly challenging to religious-affiliated institutions. What is the relationship of secular learning to the faith that originally undergirded these institutions? This book offers the reader answers to this and other major questions currently facing denomination-affiliated institutions of higher education. Following a chapter on civil government's relationships to these institutions, 24 chapters survey the colleges, universities, and seminaries associated with denominations. Each chapter begins with an historical essay followed by annotated bibliographic entries covering primary and secondary sources dating back to 1986 on various denomination-connected institutions. There are 614 bibliographic entries, an epilogue on critical issues covered throughout the book, as well as a subject and author index.

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Review:

"Highly recommended." -- Choice

"Recommended for all libraries with patrons interested in the future of religious higher education or the history of higher education in general." -- Education Libraries

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0815316364
• ISBN 13: 9780815316367
• Binding: Library Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 656
• Editor: Hunt Thomas C., Carper James C.