Princeton in the Nation's Service: Religious Ideals and Educational Practice, 1868-1928
This book argues against the conventional idea that Protestantism effectively ceased to play an important role in American higher education around the end of the 19th century. Employing Princeton as an example, the study shows that Protestantism was not abandoned but rather modified to conform to the educational values and intellectual standards of the modern university. Drawing upon a wealth of neglected primary sources, Kemeny sheds new light on the role of religion in higher education by...
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This book argues against the conventional idea that Protestantism effectively ceased to play an important role in American higher education around the end of the 19th century. Employing Princeton as an example, the study shows that Protestantism was not abandoned but rather modified to conform to the educational values and intellectual standards of the modern university. Drawing upon a wealth of neglected primary sources, Kemeny sheds new light on the role of religion in higher education by examining what was happening both inside and outside the classroom, and by illustrating that religious and secular commitments were not neatly divisible but rather commingled.
Introduction3Ch. 1Education and Religion in the Nation's Service, 1868-188817Ch. 2Religion and University Aspirations, 1868-188859Ch. 3The Travails of Becoming a University, 1888-190287Ch. 4Making the University Safe for Democracy, 1902-1910127Ch. 5Religion and the Modern American University, 1910-1928173Epilogue221Notes235Works Cited315Index347
