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Activist Impulse in Englewood Review of Books
Thanks to Alex Dye for a good word about The Activist Impulse over at Englewood Review of Books. Here is a taste: "Within each section one will find a smattering of subjects, all interesting to be...
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Introducing Metaxas
Grace College is hosting Eric Metaxas this week, who has had best-selling biographies of William Wilberforce (2007) and Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2010), and I had the privilege of introducing Metaxas and...
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A More Nuanced Side of Metaxas?
Last night I wrote about my impressions on Eric Metaxas’ session with our faculty, a time that left me with the sense that Metaxas was pressing us to fight the culture wars in the name of Wilberforce...
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Student Tweets from CFH at Gordon College
Several Grace students will be providing regular tweets and updates from the Conference on Faith and History's biennial meeting at Gordon College. Follow them here:Nina Ferry's tweets hereGrace...
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Now on Twitter
I was inspired to see #CFH2012 trending so well that I've taken the plunge into the Twitter universe. (With the expert help and encouragement of my students I must say)!https://twitter.com/Burkster1700
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My Interview with David R. Swartz on the "Moral Minority"
David Swartz, a friend of mine who teaches history at Asbury University has just published Moral Minority: The Evangelical Left in an Age of Conservatism with the University of Pennsylvania Press. You...
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Eric Carlsson reviews Edited Volume on Pietism
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, Eric Carlsson has written a thoughtful review of Pietism in Germany and North America, 1680-1820 on the Humanities-Net site "H-German." This substantive...
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More from David Swartz on the Evangelical Left
Here's the second installment of an interview with David Swartz about his new book: Moral Minority: the Evangelical Left in an Age of Conservatism:Jared: Considering that many American evangelicals...
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Jay Case, historian at Malone University in Ohio is blogging at The Circuit Rider - a blog he hopes will connect with a more popular crowd, or as he says, "the average person in the pew." Jay has a...
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Heading to Moravian Conference in Pennsylvania
I leave today to give a paper at the 2012 Bethlehem Conference on Moravian History and Music in Bethlehem, PA. Although I won’t make it in time, Peter Vogt, a fine historian and Moravian pastor in...
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Final Installment of my Interview with David Swartz
Jared: What is the relationship between those we might call “neo-Anabaptists” and the evangelical left? Wouldn’t a truly Anabaptist ethic mean that one would need to resist identifying with either the...
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Jay Case on Evangelicals and World Christianity
Jay Case teaches at Malone University in Canton, Ohio and I am a fan of his new book, An Unpredictable Gospel: American Evangelicals and World Christianity, 1812-1920 (Oxford, 2012). This is the first...
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More From Jay Case's Unpredictable Gospel
What follows is the second part of my interview with Jay Case about his new book, An Unpredictable Gospel. You can find the first part here.Jared: If you were to compare and contrast how these...
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Processing Evangelical History at Winona Lake
I have been sidetracked lately ... taking more of a leadership role in the archival materials housed at Grace College. Besides the college and seminary archives and the collections of the Fellowship...
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McKnight Offers Reflections on The Activist Impulse
I feel privileged that Scot McKnight would offer some gracious words about The Activist Impulse on his blog. Here's a snippet: ... But the two branches that ought not to be politicized are those that...
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Devin Manzullo-Thomas Reflects on Evangelicals and Brethren in Christ
Earlier this fall, I had the opportunity to be involved in the 2012 Conference on Faith and History at Gordon College. I intended to blog about it, but ... well, it just didn't get done. But recently,...
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History’s “Mankind” Lacking Credible Take on Crusades
The History Channel took the path of least resistance tonight in its portrayal of the Crusades (“Mankind: The History of All of Us”). Theirs was a predictable perspective, which will no doubt reinforce...
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Friedrich Christoph Oetinger and “All Truth is God’s Truth”
An excerpt from an ongoing writing project:In countless Christian colleges and universities today, the phrase “All Truth is God’s Truth” has become a frequent part of conversations about the...
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As Long as its MLK’s vision of American Ideals
Morally sensitive efforts to wrestle with American history inevitably lead to being confronted with the fact that the United States, like every nation, has consistently perpetuated injustice. It...
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New Reviews - Religion and Europe
Here are a couple reviews that might be of interest to those interested in Pietism and the religious context of Europe. Thanks to Kate Carté Engel, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Southern...
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Newly Discovered Johannes Kelpius Source
The Kelpius Society is shedding light on a newly discovered manuscript attributed to Johannes Kelpius, a mystical visionary who created an early monastic community, sometimes called The Society of the...
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This week I leave for the fifth meeting of the Brethren World Assembly, a gathering of Brethren folks from the various denominations who trace their heritage to the pietist Alexander Mack, founder of...
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Brothers and Sisters
Tonight I got back from the Brethren World Assembly. As an introvert, I am not always comfortable meeting lots of new people, but I really do admire the diversity in the Pietist/Anabaptist tradition....
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Upcoming interview with Axel Schäfer on the rise of the Christian Right
Stopping by the book table at the most recent meeting of the Conference on Faith and History, I picked up a book with an interesting title: Countercultural Conservatives: American Evangelicalism from...
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Axel Schäfer on Countercultural Conservatives
As promised, I offer up an insightful interview with Axel Schäfer, who teaches at Keele University (UK) and directs the American Studies program there. Thanks to Axel for taking the time to do this! I...
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