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Can Hope Endure?: A Historical Case Study in Christian Higher Education »

Authors: James C. Kennedy, Caroline J. Simon
ISBN-13: 9780802828583, ISBN-10: 0802828582
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Date Published: January 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: James C. Kennedy

Book Synopsis

The spate of books written recently on Christian higher education highlights a common theme - how numerous colleges founded by church bodies have gradually lost their religious moorings, often culminating in what historian George Marsden calls "established nonbelief." Can Hope Endure? examines the history of Hope College in Holland, Michigan, as it has struggled to find a faithful middle way between secularization and withdrawal from mainstream academic and American culture.

1	Hope and durability	1
2	The roots of Hope College's middle way : religious and cultural contours, 1866-1945	27
3	The goal of the middle way : elevating humanity through educating Christians, 1866-1945	67
4	Continuity and change within Hope's middle way, 1925-1963	97
5	Crisis for Hope's middle way, 1963-1972	127
6	Hope's neo-middle way, 1972-1987	149
7	Testing Hope's endurance, 1987-1999	169
8	Calling, creativity, and the future of Christian higher education	207
App. I	Chronology of Hope College presidents	231
App. II	Biographical notes on selected figures in Hope College's history	232