Chris Gehrz

Mennonites, Evangelicals, and the Sexuality Debate in Christian Higher Ed (Devin Manzullo-Thomas)

August 12, 2015

Today we welcome back to the blog Devin Manzullo-Thomas, director of the Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan Studies at Messiah College. I’ve asked Devin — whose research often takes him to the intersection between Anabaptist and Evangelical Christianity — to provide some perspective on the decision by two Mennonite members of the Council for Christian … More Mennonites, Evangelicals, and the Sexuality Debate in Christian Higher Ed (Devin Manzullo-Thomas)

North Korea and a Christian View of Time

August 10, 2015

Last Friday North Korea announced that it would soon be adopting its own time zone — putting the country half an hour behind South Korea and Japan and half an hour ahead of China. Now, this isn’t actually unprecedented; Foreign Policy pointed out that there’s a “long history of what might be described as time zone manipulation … More North Korea and a Christian View of Time

Worship at the 2015 Mennonite World Conference

That Was The Week That Was

August 8, 2015

Here… • After debuting the new look of this website, the first post in the new format was one I’d been researching all summer: how to teach history to five-year olds! • I’d still welcome nominations for the best history-related podcasts. • Not mine, of course: it’s more about religion and education than history. And anyway, it … More That Was The Week That Was

Thursday’s Podcast: The Future of Christian Higher Education

August 6, 2015

The first season of The Pietist Schoolman Podcast was meant to extend and expand the conversation that started with our book The Pietist Vision of Christian Higher Education, so it’s fitting that the season finale features the same woman who wrote the book’s preface: Janel Curry, provost of Gordon College. For today’s episode, Janel and I talked about … More Thursday’s Podcast: The Future of Christian Higher Education

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Coming to Liberty University This Fall: Bernie Sanders

August 5, 2015

What do these people have in common: Korie and Sadie Robertson of Duck Dynasty, Christian music star David Crowder, Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson, conservative pundit William Bennett, and presidential candidates Ben Carson and Bernie Sanders? Yes, all will speaking this fall at Liberty University’s thrice-weekly convocations, “the world’s largest weekly gathering of Christian young people.” One … More Coming to Liberty University This Fall: Bernie Sanders

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5 Things I’ve Learned about Teaching History to 5-Year Olds

August 4, 2015

While my job is to teach people about history, my vocation as a parent has made me realize that I know next to nothing about how to teach young children about history. But with our five-year old twins entering kindergarten this fall, I decided to spend this summer trying to understand how children might best learn about the past. Please take the … More 5 Things I’ve Learned about Teaching History to 5-Year Olds

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What Are the Best History Podcasts?

August 3, 2015

While I’ve produced dozens of hours of podcasts, I don’t actually listen to them all that often. So I thought I’d use this blog to crowdsource a response to a question from a former student of mine. He had just finished listening to the Hardcore History podcast on World War I and was “Curious as to your thoughts … More What Are the Best History Podcasts?

Welcome to the New and Improved Pietist Schoolman!

August 3, 2015

Here it is: the redesigned Pietist Schoolman! After some tinkering with fonts and other settings, I decided to stick with the WordPress theme recommended by readers in last month’s poll (Gateway). But I also opted to make this look a bit more like a personal website. The blog is still the centerpiece, but now there’s a stable … More Welcome to the New and Improved Pietist Schoolman!

The Big Ten

July 31, 2015

This will it be for a couple of days, while I spend the weekend preparing for the launch of new look Pietist Schoolman. (In place of a That Was The Week That Was, I’ll post some links on the blog’s Facebook page.) Meanwhile, take a look back at the ten most-read posts in July: In Dubiis Libertas: Opening Up … More The Big Ten

Thursday’s Podcast: A Lutheran Perspective

July 30, 2015

Our penultimate episode in season 1 of The Pietist Schoolman Podcast features Dan Hanson offering a Lutheran (and a student’s) perspective on higher education. About to start his final year at Luther Seminary, Dan reflects on the difference between a “college of the church” and a Christian college, explains why vocation and “faithful criticism” are central to Lutheran higher education, and … More Thursday’s Podcast: A Lutheran Perspective

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