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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.
This book represents a continuation of study, debate, and
conversation, particularly within the Episcopal Church in the U.S.,
concerning the authority and function of the Bible in the church.
The content of the debate and conversation, however, will be of
interest and benefit also to members of other church bodies. A
helpful study guide appears at the beginning of the book to assist
individuals and group to work through the various contributions and
to draw their own conclusions regarding the Bible's role in today's
church. The literal and plain sense of the scriptures, the matter
in which the Bible is to be regarded as incarnate in history and
human limitations, and the degree to which it is subject to
historical conditions-these and a host of other critical issues
provide the focus of the book. Special attention is directed to the
issue of the growing biblical illiteracy in society, leading one of
the contributors to warn that "biblical illiteracy is the precursor
to spiritual death and communal dissolution." The main chapters
include" "The 'Official position' of the Episcopal Church on the
Authority of Scripture: Historical Development and Ecumenical
Comparison" (J. Robert Wright); "Holy Book, Holy People: A Study of
the Authority and Use of the Bible" (Charles P. Price); "'For
Freedom Christ Has Set You Free': The Interpretation and Authority
of Scripture in Contemporary Theologies of Liberation" (Ellen K.
Wondra); "Reading the Bible as the Word of God" (Stephen F. Noll);
"The Scriptures in the Life of the Church" (Richard A. Norris,
Jr.). The editor, Frederick Houk Borsch, is Bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of Los Angeles.
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