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Scholarship March 29, 2017

Hurrying Toward Zion: Universities, Divinity Schools, and American Protestantism

The Wabash Center

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Author
Cherry, Conrad
Publisher
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN
ISBN
253329280
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Visions and Strategies of Influence

pt. I Specialization
ch. 1 Strategies for a System of Education
ch. 2 Educating to Understand the Other
ch. 3 Theological and Religious Sciences

pt. II Professionalization
ch. 4 Theory and Practice
ch. 5 Two Yokes of Responsibility

pt. III Formation and Reform
ch. 6 Social Class and Social Gospel
ch. 7 Formation and the Heritage of Revolt

pt. IV Pluralism
ch. 8 The Challenge of Social and Cultural Diversity
ch. 9 The Challenge of the Multiversity

Conclusion: The Ambiguities of a Heritage
Notes
Index
The colorful study of university divinity schools in America.
This historical analysis of American Protestant university-related divinity schools tells their story in terms of powerful social and cultural forces that decisively influenced American education in general and Protestant theological education in particular. (From the Publisher)