RT Book
T1 To count our days: a history of Columbia Theological Seminary
A1 Clarke, Erskine 1941-
LA English
PP Columbia, South Carolina
PB The University of South Carolina Press
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1664157743
AB An antebellum world. Beginnings ; Slaves: in the shadows of Columbia ; Gentlemen theologians in a slave society ; "A golden era" ; Moderates enraged -- A southern horizon. Civil War ; "A just but lost cause" ; An impoverished world ; Evolution and "the phraseology of the past" ; Poor but genteel ; A president in "the modern sense of the term" -- A seminary for the New South. Decatur: the early years ; Years of war and a growing prosperity ; The turbulent 1960s -- New horizons. Theological education in a free market ; A quest for excellence ; Seeking common ground ; An egalitarian and inclusive spirit.
AB "Institutional histories can invite a yawn. They are important for specialists and for those with a personal interest in a specific institution, but as a category of historical writing they do not evoke an imagine of a page-turning narrative. Yet institutions have cultures with their own rituals and character, and they reflect in their own internal life larger historical developments. And institutions, perhaps especially smaller institutions, have within them individual players with their own histories and commitments, quirks and oddities, and those individuals not only help to shape the institution's life but also bring the complexities and mysteries of the human personality to the story of an institution's history. Moreover when an institution exists over many generations, its history is an unfolding story of tension between continuities and change, between remembered ways and practices and the demands of new social and cultural contexts. At least all this has been true for Columbia Theological Seminary"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BV4070.C7946
SN 9781611179965
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