Nature and Revelation: A History of Macalester College

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Nature and RevelationWhile so doing, Kilde uncovers a number of little-known aspects of the colleges history and explores the facts behind such persistent Mac myths as whether its most generous supporter, Readers Digest founder DeWitt Wallace, actually coaxed a cow into a college building as an undergraduate or later terminated his financial support of the college in objection to what he considered its leftist political sympathies, or whether the colleges initiative to attract minority students during the 1970s drove its operating budget into an enormous deficit. An enlightening and rich history, Nature and Revelation documents Macalester Colleges unique story and reveals its significance to higher education and religion in the United States.

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Jeanne Halgren Kilde is director of the religious studies program at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of several books, including Sacred Power, Sacred Space: An Introduction to Christian Architecture and Worship and When Church Became Theatre: The Transformation of Evangelical Architecture and Worship in Nineteenth-Century America.

James Brewer Stewart is James Wallace Professor of History Emeritus at Macalester College.