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The sacred and the secular university / Jon H. Roberts and James Turner ; with an introduction by John F. Wilson.

By: Roberts, Jon H
Contributor(s): Turner, James, 1946- | Wilson, John F
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: xii, 184 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0691015562 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Universities and colleges -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Universities and colleges -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Secularism -- United States -- History | Humanities -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States | Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United StatesDDC classification: 378.73/09/034 LOC classification: LA636.7 | .R62 2000Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [123]-175) and index.
Contents:
Religion, science, and higher education -- The emergence of the human sciences -- Knowledge and inquiry in the ascendant -- The triumph of the humanities -- The boon and bane of specialization -- Two ideals of knowledge -- For and against secularization.

Religion, science, and higher education -- The emergence of the human sciences -- Knowledge and inquiry in the ascendant -- The triumph of the humanities -- The boon and bane of specialization -- Two ideals of knowledge -- For and against secularization.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [123]-175) and index.

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