Contending with Modernity Catholic Higher Education in the Twentieth Century

Name: Contending with Modernity Catholic Higher Education in the Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 9780195098280

ISBN-10: 0195098285

ISBN-13: 9780195098280

Edition: 1995

Authors: Philip Gleason

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How did Catholic colleges and universities deal with the modernization of education and the rise of research universities? In this book, Philip Gleason offers the first comprehensive study of Catholic higher education in the twentieth century, tracing the evolution of responses to an increasingly secular educational system. At the beginning of the century, Catholics accepted modernization in the organizational sphere while resisting it ideologically. Convinced of the truth of their religious and intellectual position, the restructured Catholic colleges grew rapidly after World War I, committed to educating for a "Catholic Renaissance." This spirit of militance carried over into the…

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List price: $225.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/28/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.57" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English



Preface


Introduction Catholic Higher Education in 1900



Confronting Modernity as the Century Opens



Awaking to the Organizational Challenge



Rationalizing the Catholic System



the Impact of World War I



a New Beginning: Catholic Colleges, 1900-1930



Challenging Modernity Between the Wars



the Intellectual Context



the Beginnings of the Catholic Renaissance



the Catholic Revival Reaches Full Flood



Institutional Developments: Moving into Graduate Work



the Tribulations of the Thirties



World War II and Postwar Crosscurrents



World War II and Institutional Shifts



Assimilative Tendencies and Curricular Crosscurrents



Controversy: Backlash Against the Catholic Revival



Transition to a New Era



the End of an Era


Abbreviations Used in Notes


Notes


Index