Christian College : A History of Protestant Higher Education in America

by Ringenberg, William C.

• ISBN13: 9780801031458
• ISBN10: 0801031451
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

"When it first appeared in 1984 The Christian College was the first modern comprehensive history of Protestant higher education in America. Now this second edition updates the history, featuring a new chapter on the developments of the past two decades, a major introduction by Mark Noll, a new preface and epilogue, and a series of instructive appendices."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

William C. Ringenberg (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is department chair and professor of history at Taylor University. He has focused on American religious history and has written a number of scholarly books, reviews, and journal articles dealing with Christian higher education.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	9	(4)
Preface to the First Edition	13	(4)
Introduction: The Christian Colleges and American Intellectual Traditions	17	(20)
Mark A. Noll
The Colonial Period	37	(20)
The Pervading Christian Purpose of Colonial Education	37	(6)
Instructors and the Instruction	43	(6)
Students and Student Life	49	(8)
The Old-Time College	57	(28)
The Expansion of Christian Higher Education	58	(3)
The Continuing Mission	61	(6)
A College Education	67	(6)
The Extracurriculum	73	(6)
The State University as a Protestant College	79	(6)
New Colleges and New Programs	85	(28)
Higher Education for Blacks	85	(6)
Colleges for Women	91	(6)
Colleges Founded by the Newly Rich and the New Immigrants	97	(5)
The New Curriculum and Its Effects	102	(3)
Athletics and Fraternities	105	(8)
The Movement toward Secularization	113	(32)
Sources of Secularization	114	(6)
Marks of Secularization	120	(5)
The Process of Secularization: The Universities	125	(6)
The Process of Secularization: The Church Colleges	131	(7)
Varieties of Protestant Higher Education by 1980	138	(7)
The Response to Secularization	145	(38)
The YMCA and Other Student Christian Organizations	146	(9)
The Bible College Movement	155	(14)
Fundamentalism and Higher Education	169	(14)
The Reconstruction of Christian Higher Education after 1945	183	(26)
The Emerging Line-up of the Continuing Christian College	184	(6)
The Emerging Identity of the Continuing Christian College	190	(12)
In Partnership with the Government	202	(7)
On to the Twenty-first Century	209	(34)
The Recovery Continues	210	(9)
New Constituencies and Extended Borders	219	(7)
Enlarging the Faith and Learning Dialogue	226	(3)
The Mainline Reassesses	229	(8)
The External Governors	237	(6)
Epilogue	243	(6)
Appendix A	249	(1)
Appendix B	250	(1)
Appendix C	251	(2)
Appendix D	253	(2)
Appendix E	255	(2)
Appendix F	257	(2)
Appendix G	259	(5)
Appendix H	264	(5)
Notes	269	(34)
Index	303