1st Edition

Religious Higher Education in the United States A Source Book

Edited By Thomas Hunt, James Carper Copyright 1996
650 Pages
by Routledge

650 Pages
by Routledge

650 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1996 Religious Higher Education in the United States looks at the issue of higher education and a lack of a clearly articulated purpose, an issue particularly challenging to religiously-affiliated institutions. This volume attempts to address the problems currently facing denomination-affiliated institutions of higher education, beginning with an introduction to... Read more

Introduction

1. Government Aid to and Regulation of Religious Colleges and Universities

2. The Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

3. Quakers and Higher Education

4. Lutheran College Education in the United States

5. Reformed Colleges and Seminaries

6. Higher Education Among Churches of Christ

7. Moravian College and Universities

8. United Church of Christ Colleges, Universities, and Seminaries

9. Disciples of Christ Colleges, Universities, and Seminaries

10. Episcopal Colleges and Universities

11. Higher Education Institutions of the Church of the Brethren

12. Foursquare Gospel Church Colleges

13. Wesleyan Colleges and Universities

14. Free Methodist Colleges

15. Catholic Higher Education in the United States: An Historical Perspective

16. Baptist Colleges and Universities

17. Seventh-day Adventist Higher Education in the United States

18. Jewish Seminaries and Colleges

19. American Bible Colleges

20. Higher Education in the United Methodist Church

21. Mennonite Institutions of Higher Education

22. Independent Christian Colleges and Universities

23. Church of the Nazarene Universities, Colleges, and Theological Seminaries

24. Pentecostal Colleges and Seminaries: A Selected Overview

Epilogue

Contributions

Author Index

Subject Index

Biography

Thomas Hunt; James Carper