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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"A history of religion at the University of Virginia over the course of its two hundred years"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Jefferson and Religion -- Jefferson and Religious Freedom -- Jefferson's Religious Ideas: Early Influences and Development -- The Influence of Joseph Priestley -- Jefferson's Mature Religious Ideas -- 2. Jefferson's Vision: A Secular University -- The Development of Jefferson's Ideas about the University -- The Rockfish Gap Report -- The Early Search for a Faculty and the Cooper Affair -- A Clever Ploy? Religious Schools on the Margins -- Gilmer's Faculty Search and Jefferson's Anticlericalism |
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The Problem of Public Opinion -- 3. The Early Years: Preachers, Professors, and Public Opinion -- A Bishop's Challenge -- The Chaplaincy -- Contemplating a Chapel -- A Parsonage -- Contemplating a Chapel-Again -- The Piety of Professors -- The Public -- 4. From the Civil War to World War I: Religion Takes Over -- The Early Years of the YMCA -- A University Chapel-at Last -- The Ascendancy of the YMCA -- The Bible Lectureship -- Religion Finds an Academic Home: The School of Biblical History and Literature -- A Religious Institution? -- 5. The Twentieth Century: Retreat from Religion |
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The Chapel and Local Churches -- The Decline of the YMCA -- Religious Subsidies, Scholarships, and Lectures -- The Development and Growth of a Department of Religious Studies -- Negotiating Relationships with Student Religious Groups -- The Resecularization of the University -- Appendix A: Professor Bonnycastle's Plea for a Chapel -- Appendix B: The Teaching of Hebrew at the University -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
University of Virginia -- Religion -- History.
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University of Virginia. |
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Religion. |
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History. |
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University of Virginia. John B. Cary Memorial Department of Religious Studies -- History.
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University of Virginia. John B. Cary Memorial Department of Religious Studies. |
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Religion -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Virginia -- Charlottesville -- History.
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Religion -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
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Virginia -- Charlottesville. |
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RELIGION / Philosophy. |
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gamble, Harry Y., 1941- God on the grounds. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020 9780813944050 (DLC) 2019047804 |
| ISBN |
0813944066 |
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9780813944067 (electronic book) |
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9780813944050 (hardback) |
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0813944058 |
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