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Labor's Millennium
Brett H. Smith
其他書名
Christianity, Industrial Education, and the Founding of the University of Illinois
出版Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2010-01-01
主題Religion / Christian Church / HistoryReligion / Christian Theology / HistoryReligion / Christianity / History
ISBN16308769419781630876944
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=8BUTBgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Historians have traditionally interpreted the American land-grant higher-education movement as the result of political and economic forces. Little attention has been given, however, to any explicit or implicit theological motivations for the movement. This book tells the story of how the Christian belief of many founders of the University of Illinois motivated their educational theory and practice. Constructing a social gospel of labor's millennium (their shorthand for God's kingdom being enhanced through agricultural and mechanical education), they initially proposed that the university would impart a millenarian blessing for the larger society by providing abundant food, economic prosperity, vocational dignity, and a charitable spirit of sacred unity and public service. Rich in primary-source research, Smith's account builds a compelling case for at least one such institution's adaptation of an inherited evangelical educational tradition, transitioning into a new era of higher learning that has left its mark on university life today.