In 1981, Frederick Houk Borsch returned to Princeton University,
his alma mater, to serve as dean of the chapel at the Ivy League
school. In "Keeping Faith at Princeton," Borsch tells the story of
Princeton's journey from its founding in 1746 as a college for
Presbyterian ministers to the religiously diverse institution it is
today. He sets this landmark narrative history against the backdrop
of his own quest for spiritual illumination, first as a student at
Princeton in the 1950s and later as campus minister amid the
turmoil and uncertainty of 1980s America.
Borsch traces how the trauma of the Depression and two world
wars challenged the idea of progress through education and
religion--the very idea on which Princeton was founded. Even as the
numbers of students gaining access to higher education grew
exponentially after World War II, student demographics at Princeton
and other elite schools remained all male, predominantly white, and
Protestant. Then came the 1960s. Campuses across America became
battlegrounds for the antiwar movement, civil rights, and gender
equality. By the dawn of the Reagan era, women and blacks were
being admitted to Princeton. So were greater numbers of Jews,
Catholics, and others. Borsch gives an electrifying insider's
account of this era of upheaval and great promise.
With warmth, clarity, and penetrating firsthand insights,
"Keeping Faith at Princeton" demonstrates how Princeton and other
major American universities learned to promote religious diversity
among their students, teachers, and administrators.
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