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"A fascinating documentary on the struggles between 'descendants of Luther and the sons of Loyola'... Explains how the creation of modern secular universities forced Catholic colleges to adapt or languish." -- Joseph M. Cronin, Connection
"The values were, on both sides, largely unexamined and, as a result, produced many ironies when they were called into explicit conflict. Mahoney's account is particularly good at exposing these ironies in a way that is at once sympathetic and unsparing." -- Daniel M. Murtaugh, Commonweal
"A fascinating story." -- Anthony J. Blasi, Catholic Issues
"A careful historical study of Catholic (especially Jesuit) higher education in Protestant America in the late 1800s and early 1900s... Highly recommended." -- Choice
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"One could hardly imagine a sharper clash of educational philosophies than took place in the 1890s between Harvard's reform-minded Charles W. Eliot and the stoutly conservative American Jesuits. Kathleen Mahoney not only gives us a lively account of the polemical fireworks, she also illuminates a great deal of the religious and educational history that preceded it, and much that followed in later years. This is a very valuable book: well written, deeply researched, and highly original." -- Philip Gleason, Professor of History Emeritus, University of Notre Dame
"Sophisticated and comprehensive. Looks at Catholic higher education not only from the standpoint of Catholic institutions but also from the view of Catholic students. The author is aware of the intellectual, cultural, and social dimensions of the subject and adeptly weaves them together. This book makes an important contribution to the scholarship on the history of American higher education." -- Julie Reuben, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Catholic Higher Education in Protestant America : The Jesuits and Harvard in the Age of the University
Catholic Higher Education in Protestant America: The Jesuits and Harvard in the Age of the University,Kathleen A. Mahoney,The Johns Hopkins University Press,0801873401,Catholic universities and colleges,Catholics,Church and college,Education,Education (Higher),Education / Teaching,General,Higher,History,United States,United States - General,Literary Criticism & Collections / Theory
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