Eastern Mennonite University : : A Century of Countercultural Education / / Donald B. Kraybill.

In this unique educational history, Donald B. Kraybill traces the sociocultural transformation of Eastern Mennonite University from a fledgling separatist school founded by white, rural, Germanic Mennonites into a world-engaged institution populated by many faith traditions, cultures, and nationalit...

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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2017
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (424 p.) :; 50 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • PART I Mennonites in a Turbulent Nation, 1880–1920
  • CHAPTER 1 The Cyclone of Modernity
  • PART II Eastern Mennonite School and the Founding Era, 1917–1947
  • CHAPTER 2 Vision Blurred, Hope Deferred
  • CHAPTER 3 The Experiment at Assembly Park
  • CHAPTER 4 Fighting for the Truth
  • CHAPTER 5 Fortifying the Fortress
  • PART III Eastern Mennonite College and the Big Transformation, 1948–1986
  • CHAPTER 6 Will the Fortress Stand?
  • CHAPTER 7 The Ferment of Freedom
  • CHAPTER 8 Engaging a Turbulent World
  • CHAPTER 9 Crisis, Retrenchment, Rejuvenation
  • PART IV Eastern Mennonite University and the Big Expansion, 1987–2017
  • CHAPTER 10 Justice, Mercy, and Peace for a New Century
  • CHAPTER 11 Progressive Vision, Changing Mission
  • PART V The Transformation of Countercultural Education, 1917–2017
  • CHAPTER 12 An Experiment like No Other
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix A Chronology of Key Events
  • Appendix B EMU Annual Enrollment, 1917–1950
  • Appendix C EMU Annual Enrollment, 1950–2017
  • Abbreviations for Manuscript Collections and Depositories
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index