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Nature and Revelation: A History of Macalester College
Jeanne Halgren Kilde
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Hardback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 52 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNB; JNMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 789.
Nature and Revelation is an absorbing history of Macalester College, from its origins as a Presbyterian secondary school in frontier St. Paul to its current presence as a nationally prominent liberal arts college. Detailing the college’s history, Jeanne Halgren Kilde tells stories of the college’s influential leaders, its defining moments, its rapidly changing student life, and the sometimes controversial evolution of the school’s curriculum and reputation, exploring its transformation from a modest evangelical college into a progressive, secular institution. By highlighting the college’s balancing act between nature and revelation—between the pursuit of empirical knowledge and religious conviction—Kilde traces the impact of ... Read more
Nature and Revelation is an absorbing history of Macalester College, from its origins as a Presbyterian secondary school in frontier St. Paul to its current presence as a nationally prominent liberal arts college. Detailing the college’s history, Jeanne Halgren Kilde tells stories of the college’s influential leaders, its defining moments, its rapidly changing student life, and the sometimes controversial evolution of the school’s curriculum and reputation, exploring its transformation from a modest evangelical college into a progressive, secular institution. By highlighting the college’s balancing act between nature and revelation—between the pursuit of empirical knowledge and religious conviction—Kilde traces the impact of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
807g
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816656264
SKU
V9780816656264
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About Jeanne Halgren Kilde
Jeanne Halgren Kilde is director of the religious studies program at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of several books, including Sacred Power, Sacred Space: An Introduction to Christian Architecture and Worship and When Church Became Theatre: The Transformation of Evangelical Architecture and Worship in Nineteenth-Century America. James Brewer Stewart is James Wallace Professor of History Emeritus ... Read more
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