| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 369 pages) |
| Series |
McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 30 |
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McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 30.
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| Contents |
Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Early Life -- 2 Student Days -- 3 The Young Scholar-Preacher -- 4 The New Principal -- 5 Addressing the People -- 6 The Academic -- 7 The Quest for a Quiet, Settled Faith -- 8 Family and University Life -- 9 The University Question -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y |
| Summary |
In 1850, Samuel Nelles, a well-educated Methodist minister, was selected to resuscitate the debt-ridden and declining Victoria University. As principal, and later as president and chancellor, he fought against shortsighted government educational policies while making the school into one of the premier universities in Canada. A true academic, Nelles believed in the importance of testing assumed laws, dogmas, and creeds. However his pursuit of intellectual inquiry was always guided by a rational faith in God, as well as the expectation of the future greatness and goodness of humanity. "Faithful Intellect" expands the reader's understanding of many of the key intellectual, religious, and political concerns of nineteenth-century English Canada while providing an essential contribution to the study of Canada's system of higher education |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-363) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nelles, S. S. (Samuel Sobieski), 1823-1887.
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Nelles, S. S. (Samuel Sobieski), 1823-1887 fast |
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Nelles, Samuel S. swd |
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Victoria University (Cobourg, Ont.) -- History
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Victoria University (Cobourg, Ont.) -- Presidents -- Biography
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Europäische Gemeinschaften Rat Präsident gnd |
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Toronto -- Victoria University. swd |
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Education, Higher -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century
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College presidents -- Ontario -- Cobourg -- Biography
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Methodists -- Ontario -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Educators.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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College presidents
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Education, Higher
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Methodists
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Presidents
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Enseignement supérieur -- Ontario -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
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Méthodistes -- Ontario -- Biographies.
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Présidents et recteurs d'université -- Ontario -- Cobourg -- Biographies.
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Cobourg (Ont.) -- Biography
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Ontario
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Ontario -- Cobourg
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773572171 |
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0773572171 |
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