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Christian College: A History of Protestant Higher Education in America » (2ND)

Book cover image of Christian College: A History of Protestant Higher Education in America by William Ringenberg

Authors: William Ringenberg, Mark A. Noll
ISBN-13: 9780801031458, ISBN-10: 0801031451
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Date Published: April 2006
Edition: 2ND

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Author Biography: William Ringenberg

William C. Ringenberg (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is department chair and professor of history at Taylor University. He has focused on American religious history and has written a number of scholarly books, reviews, and journal articles dealing with Christian higher education.

Book Synopsis

A comprehensive history of the Christian college in America

Table of Contents

Introduction : the Christian colleges and American intellectual traditions17
1The colonial period37
2The old-time college57
3New colleges and new programs85
4The movement toward secularization113
5The response to secularization145
6The reconstruction of Christian higher education after 1945183
7On to the twenty-first century209

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