To Count Our Days

"In his Preface the author declares that institutional histories are not usually page-turning narratives; but then the book itself turns out to be the exception. This is a well written and carefully documented history not only of Columbia Theological Seminary, but also of the interplay among culture, theology, and theological institutions. This is necessary reading for anyone seeking to discern the future of theological education in the twenty-first century."—Justo L. González, Church Historian, Decatur, GA

"Clarke's engaging history of one institution is also an incisive study of change in Southern culture. This is institutional history at its best.  Clarke takes us inside a school of theology but also lets us feel the outside forces always pressing in on it, and he writes with the skill of a novelist. A remarkable accomplishment."—E. Brooks Holifield, Emory University

"Erskine Clarke enables the reader to see big things about the faith with which the seminary sought to engage the culture of its day, and how that culture, in turn, shaped the seminary's witness...Though this is a book of church history, its theological grasp of the issues that informed and shaped this seminary is profound."—Presbyterian Outlook