Miami University 1809—2002: From Presbyterian Enterprise to Public Institution
For more than a century after its opening in 1824, Miami University adhered to its chartered aim of “promoting religion." Though originally entrusted to Presbyterian leadership, the institution became independent of ecclesiastical control after 1873. From the original Bible-centered curriculum,...
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| Language: | English |
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2003
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The journal of Presbyterian history
Year: 2003, Volume: 81, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-54 |
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| Summary: | For more than a century after its opening in 1824, Miami University adhered to its chartered aim of “promoting religion." Though originally entrusted to Presbyterian leadership, the institution became independent of ecclesiastical control after 1873. From the original Bible-centered curriculum, Miami altered its educational offerings to include a wide variety of courses designed to meet modern scientific, technical, and vocational needs. Courses in religion became optional in 1914. In 1927, the university established the first department of religion in a state institution of higher learning. Although its courses were completely elective, the department grew, in seventy-five years, from one faculty person to fourteen. In the latter half of the twentieth century, the university dropped virtually all of its religious traditions. By 2002 no one was visibly “promoting religion." Members of the Department of Religion taught religion as subject matter. Although Miami appeared to have become thoroughly secular, no one had researched the interchange of religious ideas between faculty and students and the study and practice of religion thrived. An adequate education in our society requires religious information; theology is inseparable from other knowledge in Miami's mission. |
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