Nature and Revelation : A History of Macalester College /

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 college's history, Jeanne Halgren Kilde tells stories of the colleg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Macalester College.
Macalester College > History.
Universities and colleges.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
EDUCATION > Higher.
Universities and colleges > Minnesota > Saint Paul > History.
Minnesota > Saint Paul.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Protestant roots on the prairie, 1849-1915
  • Identity and change
  • Christian education and institution building in St. Paul
  • The idea of a Christian college
  • Twin cities rivalry
  • College life and identity at the turn of the century
  • Engagement with the world, 1915-1960
  • Evangelical engagement with modernism
  • The collapse of the evangelical consensus
  • Liberal arts in service to the nation and the world
  • Dewitt Wallace's ambition
  • Revolution and redirection, 1960-2000
  • The religion/education intersection transformed
  • New approaches to academics, internationalism, and service
  • Challenges and dashed hopes
  • Countercultural campus
  • Negotiating institutional democracy
  • Peaks, pluralism, and prosperity.

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