"Founded in 1856 by Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley of Newark, Seton Hall University has played a large part in New Jersey and American Catholic life for nearly two centuries. From its modest beginnings as a small college and seminary to its present position as a major national university, it has always sought to provide ""a home for the mind, the heart, and the spirit.""
In this vivid and elegantly written history, Dermot Quinn examines how Seton Hall was able to develop as an institution while keeping faith with its founder's vision. Looking at the men and women who made Seton Hall what it is today, he paints a compelling picture of a university that has enjoyed its share of triumphs but has also suffered tragedy and loss. He shows how it was established in an age of prejudice and transformed in the aftermath of war, while exploring how it negotiated between a distinctly Roman Catholic identity and a mission to include Americans of all faiths.
Seton Hall University not only recounts the history of a great educational institution, it also shares the personal stories of the people who shaped it and were shaped by it: the presidents, the priests, the faculty, the staff, and of course, the students."
By:
Dermot Quinn
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 41mm
Weight: 151g
ISBN: 9781978806948
ISBN 10: 1978806949
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 10 February 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contents Chapter 1: Foundations Chapter 2: A College Begins Chapter 3: The Michael Corrigan Years Chapter 4: Another Corrigan, Another Fire Chapter 5: A New Century Chapter 6: McLaughlin at the Helm Chapter 7: From McLaughlin to Monaghan to Kelley Chapter 8: Resurgence Chapter 9: Seton Hall at War Chapter 10: A New Beginning Chapter 11: A New University Chapter 12: A Law School For the City Chapter 13: A Revolution under Dougherty Chapter 14: Noble Dream: The Seton Hall University School of Medicine and Dentistry Chapter 15: Dangerous Decade: Seton Hall in the 1970s Chapter 16: The Seton Hall Renaissance Chapter 17: Towards the New Millennium Chapter 18: A Law School for the City: Seton Hall Law from 1961 Chapter 19: The Sheeran Years Appendix A: Seton Hall Sport Appendix B: Seton Hall Priests, 1856-2013 Acknowledgements Notes Index
DERMOT QUINN is a professor of history at Seton Hall University. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and New College, Oxford, his books include Understanding Northern Ireland, Patronage and Piety: English Roman Catholics and Politics 1850–1900, and The Irish in New Jersey: Four Centuries of American Life, (Rutgers University Press).
Reviews for Seton Hall University: A History, 1856–2006
An insightful piece of cultural history, explaining how Catholics built their own institutions, debated among themselves how these institutions served a greater good, and struggled to grow and adapt their schools to a more-secular age. The scholarship is profound. --Terry Golway author of Frank and Al: FDR, Al Smith, and the Unlikely Alliance That Created the Modern Democratic (7/28/2021 12:00:00 AM) Quinn deftly tells the story of Seton Hall University, gracefully elucidating the struggle to remain faithful as a Catholic institution while seeking a place among the great universities of the United States. Seton Hall University is a story that mirrors that of the Catholic Church in New Jersey and, indeed, in the nation. --Augustine J. Curley, OSB New Jersey Catholic Historical Commission
