Eastern Mennonite University : a century of countercultural education /
Traces the socio-cultural transformation of Eastern Mennonite University from a fledgling religious separatist school in 1917 to a flourishing, world-engaged university populated by many faith traditions, cultures and nationalities.
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| Language: | English |
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University Park :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Mennonites in a turbulent nation, 1880-1920. The cyclone of modernity
- Eastern Mennonite School & the founding era, 1917-1947. Vision blurred, hope deferred
- The experiment at Assembly Park
- Fighting for the truth
- Fortifying the fortress
- Eastern Mennonite College & the big transformation, 1948-1986. Will the fortress stand?
- The ferment of freedom
- Engaging a turbulent world
- Crisis, retrenchment, rejuvenation
- Eastern Mennonite University & the big expansion, 1987-2017. Justice, mercy, and peace for a new century
- Progressive vision, changing mission
- The transformation of countercultural education, 1917-2017. An experiment like no other.