Author: American and Foreign Bible Society
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 1182
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Annual Report
Author: American and Foreign Bible Society
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 1182
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Publisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 1182
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Index of the Annuals, 1823-1875, Alabama Baptist State Convention
Author: Jean B. Thomason
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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From Every Stormy Wind That Blows
Author: S. Jonathan Bass
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807182087
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 373
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Founded in 1841 in Marion, Alabama, Howard College provided a Christian liberal arts education for young men living along the old southwestern frontier. The founders named the school after eighteenth-century British reformer John Howard, whose words and deeds inspired the type of enlightened moral agent and virtuous Christian citizen the institution hoped to produce. In From Every Stormy Wind That Blows, S. Jonathan Bass provides a comprehensive history of Howard College, which in 1965 changed its name to Samford University. According to Bass, the “idea” of Howard College emanated from its founders’ firm commitment to orthodox Protestantism, the tenets of Scottish philosophy, the British Enlightenment’s emphasis on virtue, and the moral reforms of the age. From the Old South, through the Civil War and Reconstruction, to the New South, Howard College adapted to new conditions while continuing to teach the necessary ingredients to transform young southern men into useful and enlightened Christian citizens. Throughout its history, Howard College faced challenges both within and without. As with other institutions in the South, slavery played a central role in its founding, with most of the college’s principal benefactors, organizers, and board of trustees earning financial gains from enslaved labor. The Civil War swept away the college’s large endowment and growing student enrollment, and the school never regained a solid financial footing during the subsequent decades—barely surviving bankruptcy and public auction. In 1887, with the continued decline of southern agriculture, Howard College moved to a new campus on the outskirts of Birmingham, where its president, Rev. Benjamin Franklin Riley, a well-known New South economic booster, fought to restore the college’s financial health. Despite his best efforts, Howard struggled economically until local bankers offered enough assistance to allow the institution to enter the twentieth century with a measure of financial stability. The challenges and changes wrought by the years transformed Howard College irrevocably. While the original “idea” of the school endured through its classical curriculum, by the 1920s the school had all but lost its connections to John Howard and its founding principles. From Every Stormy Wind That Blows is a fascinating look into this storied institution’s history and Samford University’s origins.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807182087
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Founded in 1841 in Marion, Alabama, Howard College provided a Christian liberal arts education for young men living along the old southwestern frontier. The founders named the school after eighteenth-century British reformer John Howard, whose words and deeds inspired the type of enlightened moral agent and virtuous Christian citizen the institution hoped to produce. In From Every Stormy Wind That Blows, S. Jonathan Bass provides a comprehensive history of Howard College, which in 1965 changed its name to Samford University. According to Bass, the “idea” of Howard College emanated from its founders’ firm commitment to orthodox Protestantism, the tenets of Scottish philosophy, the British Enlightenment’s emphasis on virtue, and the moral reforms of the age. From the Old South, through the Civil War and Reconstruction, to the New South, Howard College adapted to new conditions while continuing to teach the necessary ingredients to transform young southern men into useful and enlightened Christian citizens. Throughout its history, Howard College faced challenges both within and without. As with other institutions in the South, slavery played a central role in its founding, with most of the college’s principal benefactors, organizers, and board of trustees earning financial gains from enslaved labor. The Civil War swept away the college’s large endowment and growing student enrollment, and the school never regained a solid financial footing during the subsequent decades—barely surviving bankruptcy and public auction. In 1887, with the continued decline of southern agriculture, Howard College moved to a new campus on the outskirts of Birmingham, where its president, Rev. Benjamin Franklin Riley, a well-known New South economic booster, fought to restore the college’s financial health. Despite his best efforts, Howard struggled economically until local bankers offered enough assistance to allow the institution to enter the twentieth century with a measure of financial stability. The challenges and changes wrought by the years transformed Howard College irrevocably. While the original “idea” of the school endured through its classical curriculum, by the 1920s the school had all but lost its connections to John Howard and its founding principles. From Every Stormy Wind That Blows is a fascinating look into this storied institution’s history and Samford University’s origins.
Annual Report of the American Historical Association
Author: American Historical Association
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Category : Historiography
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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Category : Historiography
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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The Alabama Baptist Historian
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Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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A Check List of Alabama Imprints, 1807-1870
Author: Rhoda Coleman Ellison
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Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Alabama Baptist State Convention Annual Reports 1879
Author: Alabama Baptist State Convention
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ISBN: 9783386987141
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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ISBN: 9783386987141
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A Bibliography of Alabama
Author: Thomas McAdory Owen
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Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Proceedings of the Bible Convention
Author: American and Foreign Bible Society
Publisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Bigbee's First 125 Years
Author: Byron B. Williamson
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Publisher:
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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