Author:
Nelson, Stephen James, 1947- author.
Imprint:Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
Descriptionxv, 324 pages ; 24 cm
Note:Religion in the nation and the academy -- The university : what is it and how does its center hold? -- Contentious compatibility and the common good : the university as servant and critic in a democracy -- The purpose of the college : clashes over liberal education and ideas that prevail -- The rise of the university : the influence of progressivism and the social gospel -- Battles over liberty, academic freedom and free speech -- The disuniting of America and the university: a reprise of academic freedom and the threat of balkanization in the quest for pluralism and diversity -- The contemporary ideological world of the McCarthy era to present : political rightness and wrong-headedness -- Conclusion a coda : the concept of a university in America and the culture we deserve.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
