Author

Publication

1999-11-04 - The Johns Hopkins University Press

Language

English

Word Count

84,000 words, Guess

Page Count

336 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number99015332
  • LibraryThing505611

Classifications

  • LCCBL41.H38 1999

Description

"In The University Gets Religion: Religious Studies in American Higher Education, historian D. G. Hart examines the rise of religion to its current place as one of the largest academic disciplines in contemporary higher education.". "The first sustained history of the academic study of religion at American universities, The University Gets Religion: Religious Studies in American Higher Education is a timely book that explores the present-day implications of religious studies' Protestant past."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

IF ANYONE WONDERS WHAT side Cornell University took in the debates over religion and science, a casual reading of The History of the Warfare of Theology with Science in Christendom (1896) by its president, Andrew Dickson White, should answer most questions.

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  • The University Gets Religion: Religious Studies in American Higher EducationHardcoverThe Johns Hopkins University Press1999-11-04

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