Eastern Mennonite University: A Century of Countercultural Education
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (675 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0271079134 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 424 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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An instructive and fascinating read.”—Lee Snyder, president emerita, Bluffton University. Donald Kraybill offers insight without jargon, love without blindness, and language that sings.”—Shirley Hershey Showalter, former professor and president of Goshen College, EMU class of 1970“Careful history and colorful stories abound in this masterful narrative about Mennonite identity, values, and higher learning. Kraybill’s centennial history of Eastern Mennonite University examines the cultural and religious forces that have shaped and transformed a fledgling Bible school into a university with global impact. Each era of the school’s history presented new challenges, and the answers leaders found were unlike those of any other institution. Unlike most institutional histories with their inexorable march across time, this one contains elements of conflict rarely found in higher education. This is an account of a passionate visio
In this unique educational history, Donald B. In the latter half of the twentieth century, the university’s identity evolved, keeping pace with individual Mennonite identity in the face of churning moral tides and accelerating technology. 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 nationalities.The founding of Eastern Mennonite School
He is the author of several books, including Horse-and-Buggy Mennonites: Hoofbeats of Humility in a Postmodern World, also published by Penn State University Press.. Kraybill is Distinguished College Professor at Elizabethtown College and founding editor of the Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies series. Donald B