To Count Our Days : A History of Columbia Theological Seminary /

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"Institutional histories can invite a yawn. They are important for specialists and for those with a personal interest in a specific institution, but as a category of historical writing they do not evoke an imagine of a page-turning narrative. Yet institutions have cultures with their own ritual...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Clarke, Erskine, 1941- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Columbia Theological Seminary.
Columbia Theological Seminary > History.
Presbyterian theological seminaries.
HISTORY > Social History.
Seminaires presbyteriens > Georgie (État) > Histoire.
Seminaires presbyteriens > Caroline du Sud > Histoire.
Presbyterian theological seminaries > Georgia > History.
Presbyterian theological seminaries > South Carolina > History.
South Carolina.
Georgia.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An antebellum world. Beginnings ; Slaves: in the shadows of Columbia ; Gentlemen theologians in a slave society ; "A golden era" ; Moderates enraged
  • A southern horizon. Civil War ; "A just but lost cause" ; An impoverished world ; Evolution and "the phraseology of the past" ; Poor but genteel ; A president in "the modern sense of the term"
  • A seminary for the New South. Decatur: the early years ; Years of war and a growing prosperity ; The turbulent 1960s
  • New horizons. Theological education in a free market ; A quest for excellence ; Seeking common ground ; An egalitarian and inclusive spirit.

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