Congregation and campus
Subtitle: Baptists in higher education
By: William H. Brackney.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Macon, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 499
ISBN-13: 9780881461305
Subjects: Baptist universities and colleges -- North America; Baptists -- Education (Higher) -- North America
Description: The fullness of the Baptist experience in Christian higher education is explored, charted, and analyzed. Beginning with the establishment in 1756 of the Academy and reaching to the present the author explores the need for Baptists to pursue education and the types of schools they founded. --from vendor description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The meaning of Baptist identity in higher education; title: Rhode Island College and the classical tradition; title: Experiments : manual labor and blended institutions; title: The emergence of denominational colleges; title: Baptist education for women; title: Baptist colleges for African Americans; title: Baptist ideas of a university; title: Theological schools for the training of ministers; title: Baptists and the Bible College; title: Baptists face institutional demise and devolution; title: Present challenges and the larger picture.