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From the urbanization of the Gilded Age to the upheavals of the Haight-Ashbury era, this encyclopedic work by Glenn Miller takes readers on a sweeping journey through the landscape of American theological education, highlighting such landmarks as Princeton, Andover, and Chicago, and such fault lines as denominationalism, science, and dispensationalism.

The first such exhaustive treatment of this time period in religious education, Piety and Profession is a valuable tool for unearthing the key trends from the Civil War well into the twentieth century. All those involved in theological education will be well served by this study of how the changing world changed educational patterns.

"Glenn Miller has written a comprehensive account of Protestant seminary education, but he has also produced a significant and penetrating interpretation of Protestantism in American culture. Vast in scope, the book links ministerial training to a social and cultural context that can encompass lucid accounts of how railroads shaped the schools, consumption patterns affected their governance, capitalists financed innovation within them, theological conflict divided them, and science shook them. The cast of characters is immense, from learned theologians and shrewd administrators to activist women and determined African American clergy. By telling the story with such awareness of its larger setting, Miller allows us to see American Protestantism in a new and fresh way." - E. Brooks Holifield, Emory University