Adapting to America Dwight Furrow from its 18th century roots

from its 18th century roots in the English cities and countryside

This book is as unique as the country it documents-a multifaceted picture of the political

" - Marie Robbins

The two have little in common

An obsessive-compulsive cosmos

Adapting to America Dwight Furrow from its 18th century rootsProfessor Leahy recounts the academic tensions between religious beliefs and intellectual inquiry, and explores the social changes that have affected higher education and American Catholicism throughout this century. He attempts to explain why the significant growth of Catholic colleges and universities was not always matched by concomitant academic esteem in the larger world of American higher education.