Sacrifice and Survival : Identity, Mission, and Jesuit Higher Education in the American South

The University of Alabama Press

Sacrifice and SurvivalIdentity, Mission, and Jesuit Higher Education in the American South\nAuthor(s): R. Eric Platt\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817318192, 978-0817318192\nSynopsis\nSacrifice and Survival, recounts the history and development of Jesuit higher education in the American South.\n\nR. Eric Platt examines in Sacrifice and Survival the history and evolution of Jesuit higher education in the American South and hypothesises that the identity and mission of southern Jesuit colleges and universities may have functioned as catalytic concepts that affected the town and gown relationships between the institutions and their host communities in ways that influenced whether they failed or adapted to survive.\n\nThe Catholic religious order known as the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) manages a global network of colleges and universities with a distinct Catholic identity and mission. D.