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1 online resource (xv, 369 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Columbia Theological Seminary -- History.
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Columbia Theological Seminary. |
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History. |
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Presbyterian theological seminaries -- South Carolina -- History.
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Presbyterian theological seminaries. |
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South Carolina. |
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Presbyterian theological seminaries -- Georgia -- History.
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Georgia. |
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HISTORY -- Social History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Clarke, Erskine, 1941- To count our days. Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2019] 9781611179965 (DLC) 2019000076 |
| ISBN |
9781611179972 (electronic book) |
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1611179971 (electronic book) |
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9781611179965 |
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