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Uneasy Partners: The College and the Church »

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Authors: Merrimon Cuninggim
ISBN-13: 9780687011513, ISBN-10: 0687011515
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Date Published: January 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Merrimon Cuninggim

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Table of Contents

Foreword9
Acknowledgments17
Introduction19
Ch. 1Three Stages of Relationship23
Not So Different in the Early Days23
Church Colleges Around 190027
Changes in the Partnership32
Ch. 2Admiring and Demanding Church Leaders40
The Alleged Qualifications43
The Losing Effort to Codify45
Ch. 3Denigrating and Confused Secularists51
Differences with Religious Leaders52
Two Kinds of Disrespect54
"The Tail of the Procession"?57
Ch. 4Neoconservatives: Wistful and Assertive63
Longing and Conserving64
Adamant and Aggressive68
The Alleged Villainy at Vanderbilt72
Ch. 5Discord and Harmony77
The Colleges as They Are77
Sources of Discord81
Grounds for Concord88
Ch. 6The Archetype93
What Is a College?94
What Is a Church-Related College?98
The Prime Academic Values106
Values in Action111
Ch. 7Prognosis118
Where Confidence Lies120
Appendix A: Church-Related Colleges and Universities: An Alphabetical Listing126
Appendix B: Church-Related Colleges and Universities: A Listing by Religious Group Relationship148
Appendix C: Church-Related Colleges and Values173
Notes178
Index195

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