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Congregation and campus : Baptists in higher education /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brackney, William H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, [2008]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:James N. Griffith series in Baptist studies.
Subjects:
Baptist universities and colleges > North America.
Baptists > Education (Higher) > North America.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The meaning of Baptist identity in higher education
  • Rhode Island College and the classical tradition
  • Experiments : manual labor and blended institutions
  • The emergence of denominational colleges
  • Baptist education for women
  • Baptist colleges for African Americans
  • Baptist ideas of a university
  • Theological schools for the training of ministers
  • Baptists and the Bible College
  • Baptists face institutional demise and devolution
  • Present challenges and the larger picture.