Denominational Higher Education during World War II (eBook)

John J. Laukaitis (Herausgeber)

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2018
XVI, 363 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-96625-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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 the United States. 

John J. Laukaitis is Assistant Professor of Education at North Park University, USA.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Staying “On the Beam”: Pepperdine College During World War IIChapter 3. “In War as in Peace, Culture for Service”: Sioux Falls College and the Successive Crises of Depression and WarChapter 4. “The Charity of Christ Urges Us”: Women, War, and the Four Freedoms at the College of Mount St. JosephChapter 5. Service, Faith, and Race: North Park College During World War IIChapter 6. “Bulwark of Democracy”: Optimism and Identity at Sterling College in the War YearsChapter 7. Noncombatancy and Patriotism: Walla Walla College in World War IIChapter 8. Huntington College, Liberal Education, and the Struggle for “Christian Democracy” in the World War II EraChapter 9. More Than One Kind of Blitzkrieg to Resist: Houghton College’s Response to World War IIChapter 10. World War II Comes to Whitworth CollegeChapter 11. Spiritual Values of a New Civilization: World War II and the Transformation of Mississippi CollegeChapter 12. Struggling for Survival: Louisiana College in World War IIChapter 13. The World at our Gate: Wartime Sanctuary and Foreign Detention at Montreat College

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.8.2018
• Zusatzinfo: XVI, 363 p. 12 illus.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: Christian denominational colleges • conscientious objectors • Liberal arts colleges • North Park College • reserve programs • theological interpretations of war • World War II
• ISBN-10: 3-319-96625-1 / 3319966251
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-96625-0 / 9783319966250