Princeton in the Nation's Service: Religious Ideals and Educational Practice, 1868-1928

by P. C. Kemeny

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195120714
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/29/1998
Series:	Religion in America
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

P.C. Kemeny is Assistant Professor of Religion and Humanities at Grove City College in Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	3
Chapter 1	Education and Religion in the Nation's Service, 1868-1888	17
Chapter 2	Religion and University Aspirations, 1868-1888	59
Chapter 3	The Travails of Becoming a University, 1888-1902	87
Chapter 4	Making the University Safe for Democracy, 1902-1910	127
Chapter 5	Religion and the Modern American University, 1910-1928	173
	Epilogue	221
	Notes	235
	Works Cited	315
	Index	347