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Book SynopsisThe study of religion, traditionally sponsored by sectarian institutions, has within recent decades come to claim an increasingly larger share of attention in colleges and universities generally, and in the process the constituent intellectual disciplines have undergone significant changes. In this volume, twelve distinguished scholars take stock o
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*Introduction: The Background and Present Context of the Study of Religion in Colleges and Universities, pg. 1*Biblical Studies in the University, pg. 23*History and Salvation: An Essay in Distinctions, pg. 40*Student Concerns and Philosophical Analysis: Unscrambling Theological Uses of "Contingent", pg. 73*The Ambiguous Position of Christian Theology, pg. 105*Catholic Studies in the University, pg. 139*Modes of Jewish Studies in the University, pg. 159*The Character and Contribution of the Sociology of Religion, pg. 190*Comparative Religious Ethics, pg. 216*The History of Religions: Some Problems and Prospects, pg. 246*The Religious as it Appears in Art, pg. 281*The Study of Religion and Literature: Siblings in the Academic House, pg. 304*The Study of Religion in Colleges and Universities: A Practical Commentary, pg. 330*Selected Bibliography, pg. 347*Contributors, pg. 353
