Denominational Higher Education during World War II

✍ Scribed by John J. Laukaitis

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 369
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book examines how World War II affected denominational colleges who faced a national crisis in relationship to their Christian tenets and particular religious communities and student bodies. With denominational positions ranging from justifying the war in light of the existential threat that the United States faced to maintaining long-held beliefs of nonviolence, the multitude of institutional positions taken during World War II speaks to the scope of religious diversity within Christian higher education and the central issues of faith and service to God and country. Ultimately, Laukitis provides a particular lens to analyze the history of higher education during World War II through an examination of denominational institutions. The relationship between higher education, faith, and war offers depth to understanding the role of denominational colleges in articulating theological interpretations of war and their sense of responsibility as Christian liberal arts institutions in the United States.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
Introduction (John J. Laukaitis)....Pages 1-4
Staying “On the Beam”: Pepperdine College During World War II (Loretta Hunnicutt)....Pages 5-31
“In War as in Peace, Culture for Service”: Sioux Falls College and the Successive Crises of Depression and War (Stephen Jackson)....Pages 33-66
“The Charity of Christ Urges Us”: Women, War, and the Four Freedoms at the College of Mount St. Joseph (Peter M. Robinson)....Pages 67-91
Service, Faith, and Race: North Park College During World War II (John J. Laukaitis)....Pages 93-145
“Bulwark of Democracy”: Optimism and Identity at Sterling College in the War Years (Daniel T. Julich)....Pages 147-185
Noncombatancy and Patriotism: Walla Walla College in World War II (Terrie Aamodt)....Pages 187-203
Huntington College, Liberal Education, and the Struggle for “Christian Democracy” in the World War II Era (Jeffrey B. Webb)....Pages 205-232
More Than One Kind of Blitzkrieg to Resist: Houghton College’s Response to World War II (Andrew D. Mullen)....Pages 233-257
World War II Comes to Whitworth College (Dale E. Soden)....Pages 259-283
Spiritual Values of a New Civilization: World War II and the Transformation of Mississippi College (Patrick L. Connelly)....Pages 285-307
Struggling for Survival: Louisiana College in World War II (Scott D. Pickard)....Pages 309-333
The World at Our Gate: Wartime Sanctuary and Foreign Detention at Montreat College (Benjamin Brandenburg)....Pages 335-356
Back Matter ....Pages 357-363

✦ Subjects

Education; Higher Education; Religion and Education; History of Education