Today my summer school students turn in their last assignments, and once they’re graded, I’m getting out of town for a few days. So I’ll take a week off from blogging as well.
While I’m gone… If you’re new to The Pietist Schoolman or perhaps been away yourself for the summer, here are a few 2013 posts — organized by category in order of how often I write about that topic:
History
- Iron Harvests: The Death Toll from World War I Continues to Grow (July 12)
- Good Questions: How Do You Become a Historian? (May 28)
- Good Questions: Who Is Your Favorite Historical Figure? (May 10)
- Best of The Pietist Schoolman: Teaching WWI in Europe (April 15)
- Military Chaplains in World War I (April 11)
- The Vocation of a Christian Historian: Profession vs. Calling (February 20)
Christianity
- “New York-centrism” in Evangelical Cultural Engagement (July 29)
- Christians, Patriotism, and Nationalism (July 4)
- “An Honorable Word as a Dishonorable Handle”: Karl Olsson on Pietism (June 11)
- “Religious, but Not Spiritual”: Jesus and the Pharisees (March 30)
- The Cross: A Good Friday Meditation on World War and Holocaust (March 29)
- “Listen to Him!”: A Sermon for Transfiguration Sunday (February 11)
Education
- How Financially Sustainable Are Christian Colleges? (June 27)
- What Is Good Teaching? (June 20)
- A Benediction for the Class of 2013 (May 27)
- When Colleges Close (three-part series, starting April 19)
- The Affordability of Evangelical Colleges and Universities (March 14)
- Philosophy at Evangelical Colleges (February 22)
Books & Poetry
- “I think that I shall never see…”: Joyce Kilmer as War Poet (July 30)
- Pride and Prejudice at 200 (July 25)
- The Love of Libraries (April 25)
- Good War, Cold War, Soldier, Spy (April 18)
- March Madness: The Best Christian Book of All Time? (March 22)
Music
- Albums A to Z: Nebraska (August 2)
- “Of thee I sing”: A Brief History of Patriotism in Christian Hymnals (three-part series, started July 8)
- “Accidental Racist” and the Uses of History (April 10)
Politics & Current Events
- Rights-Talk as Conversation, not Condemnation (July 19)
- Evangelical Leadership on Immigration Reform (July 18)
- The Lord’s Prayer and the Culture Wars (June 7)
Sports
- Following Up: Should Colleges Drop Competitive Sports? (May 2)
- Behold, I Make All Things Old: Hope, Simplicity, and Amish Baseball (April 1)
Film & Television
- Superman and Salvation (June 21)
- House of Cards (March 26)
- Which Modern War Has Yielded the Best Movies? (three-part series, started March 4)
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