| Princeton in the Nation's Service: Religious Ideals and Educational Practice, 1868-1928 Contributor(s): Kemeny, P. C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 019512071X ISBN-13: 9780195120714 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: This book argues against the conventional idea that Protestantism effectively ceased to play an important role in American higher education around the end of the 19th century. Employing Princeton as an example, the study shows that Protestantism was not abandoned but rather modified to conform to the educational values and intellectual standards of the modern university. Drawing upon a wealth of neglected primary sources, Kemeny sheds new light on the role of religion in higher education by examining what was happening both inside and outside the classroom, and by illustrating that religious and secular commitments were not neatly divisible but rather commingled. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher - Religion | Christianity - History - Education | History |
| Dewey: 378.749 |
| LCCN: 97035710 |
| Series: Religion in America |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.32" W x 9.26" (1.59 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1920's - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: This book argues against the conventional idea that Protestantism effectively ceased to play an important role in American higher education around the end of the 19th century. Employing Princeton as an example, the study shows that Protestantism was not abandoned but rather modified to conform to the educational values and intellectual standards of the modern university. Drawing upon a wealth of neglected primary sources, Kemeny sheds new light on the role of religion in higher education by examining what was happening both inside and outside the classroom, and by illustrating that religious and secular commitments were not neatly divisible but rather commingled. |