Overview
- Provides a broad range of historical treatments examining distinct theological perspectives and institutional identities
- Examines the characteristic mission and identity of over one hundred fifty Christian liberal arts colleges and universities that represent some thirty five denominations
- Fills a critical gap in the history of higher education useful to scholars interested in telling the complete story of how higher education institutions dealt with the horrors of war
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This book examines how World War II affected denominational colleges who faced a national crisis in relationship to their Christian tenets and particular religious communities and student bodies. With denominational positions ranging from justifying the war in light of the existential threat that the United States faced to maintaining long-held beliefs of nonviolence, the multitude of institutional positions taken during World War II speaks to the scope of religious diversity within Christian higher education and the central issues of faith and service to God and country. Ultimately, Laukitis provides a particular lens to analyze the history of higher education during World War II through an examination of denominational institutions. The relationship between higher education, faith, and war offers depth to understanding the role of denominational colleges in articulating theological interpretations of war and their sense of responsibility as Christian liberal arts institutions in theUnited States.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
John J. Laukaitis is Assistant Professor of Education at North Park University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Denominational Higher Education during World War II
Editors: John J. Laukaitis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96625-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96624-3Published: 10 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07225-4Published: 28 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96625-0Published: 25 August 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 363
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: Higher Education, Religion and Education, History of Education