Can Hope Endure?: A Historical Case Study in Christian Higher Education
The spate of books written recently on Christian higher education highlights a common theme - how numerous colleges founded by church bodies have gradually lost their religious moorings, often culminating in what historian George Marsden calls "established nonbelief." Can Hope Endure? examines the history of Hope College in Holland, Michigan, as it has struggled to find a faithful middle way between secularization and withdrawal from mainstream academic and American culture.
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The spate of books written recently on Christian higher education highlights a common theme - how numerous colleges founded by church bodies have gradually lost their religious moorings, often culminating in what historian George Marsden calls "established nonbelief." Can Hope Endure? examines the history of Hope College in Holland, Michigan, as it has struggled to find a faithful middle way between secularization and withdrawal from mainstream academic and American culture.
1Hope and durability12The roots of Hope College's middle way : religious and cultural contours, 1866-1945273The goal of the middle way : elevating humanity through educating Christians, 1866-1945674Continuity and change within Hope's middle way, 1925-1963975Crisis for Hope's middle way, 1963-19721276Hope's neo-middle way, 1972-19871497Testing Hope's endurance, 1987-19991698Calling, creativity, and the future of Christian higher education207App. IChronology of Hope College presidents231App. IIBiographical notes on selected figures in Hope College's history232
