Divinings: Religion at Harvard

From its Origins in New England Ecclesiastical History to the 175th Anniversary of The Harvard Divinity School, 1636–1992
2. rev. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-525-55056-4
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, 1414 Seiten, with 44 pictures, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 110 mm, Gewicht: 2731 g

Harvard has often been referred to as “godless Harvard.” This is far from the truth. Fact is that Harvard is and always has been concerned about religion. This volume addresses the reasons for this. The story of religion at Harvard in many ways is the story of religion in the United States. This edition will clarify this relationship. Furthermore, the question of religion is central not only to the religious history of Harvard but to its very corporate structure and institutional evolution. The volume is divided into three parts and deals withthe Formation of Harvard College in 1636 and Evolution of a Republic of Letters in Cambridge (“First Light”, Chapters 1–5); Religion in the University, the Foundations of a Learned Ministry and the Development of the Divinity School (The “Augustan Age”, Chapters 6–9); and the Contours of Religion and Commitment in an Age of Upheaval and Globalization (“Calm Rising Through Change and Through Storm”, Chapters 10–12).The story of the central role played by religion in the development of Harvard is a neglected factor in Harvard’s history only touched upon in a most cursory fashion by previous publications. For the first time George H. Williamstells that story as embedded in American culture and subject to intense and continuing academic study throughout the history of the University to this day.Replete with extensive footnotes, this edition will be a treasure to future historians, persons interested in religious history and in the development of theology, at first clearly Reformed and Protestant, later ecumenical and interfaith.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Petersen, Rodney L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Wissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Religion & Wissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik

Leseproben

Harvard has often been referred to as “godless Harvard.” This is far from the truth. In fact, one problem addressed is the fact that Harvard is and always has been concerned about religion. This volume addresses the reasons for this. In fact, the story of religion at Harvard is in many ways the story of religion in the United States. This edition will clarify this relationship. Furthermore, the question of religion is central not only to the religious history of Harvard but to its very corporate structure and institutional evolution. The volume is divided in three parts and deals withthe Formation of Harvard College in 1636 and Evolution of a Republic of Letters in Cambridge (“First Light”, Chapters 1–5); Religion in the University, the Foundations of a Learned Ministry and the Development of the Divinity School (The “Augustan Age”, Chapters 6–9); and the Contours of Religion and Commitment in an Age of Upheaval and Globalization (“Calm Rising Through Change and Through Storm”, Chapters 10–12).
The story of the central role played by religion in the development of Harvard is a neglected factor in Harvard’s history only touched upon in the most cursory fashion by previous publications. There is, frankly, no other book like this one – and ittells that story as embedded in American culture and subject to intense and continuing academic study throughout the history of the University to this day.
Replete with extensive footnotes, this edition will be a treasure to future historians, persons interested in religious history and in the development of theology, at first clearly Reformed and Protestant, later ecumenical and interfaith.
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Über Autor(innen)

Petersen, Rodney L.
Rodney L. Petersen, PhD, is Executive Director of the Boston Theological Institute.