Author: Chris Gehrz

Cover of The Pietist Vision of Christian Higher Education

Now Available for Preorder: The Pietist Vision of Christian Higher Education!

August 18, 2014

On Friday morning I sent back the index and corrected proofs for The Pietist Vision of Christian Higher Education: Forming Whole and Holy Persons; Friday afternoon I opened our mail to find said book gracing the pages of InterVarsity Press’ new titles announcement for Winter 2015. And then here it is at the IVP website. I’m … More Now Available for Preorder: The Pietist Vision of Christian Higher Education!

MLK's April 1963 mugshot

Birmingham Revolution: Not Everyone’s a Prophet

August 15, 2014

Among the many people to whom I recommended Ed Gilbreath’s new book this summer were colleagues and students in Bethel University’s Christianity and Western Culture (CWC) course. While that course effectively ends its narrative around 1800 (I go as far as the British parliament abolishing the slave trade in 1807) and we barely touch on U.S. history, the … More Birmingham Revolution: Not Everyone’s a Prophet

Covenant pastors in 1889

Best of The Pietist Schoolman: What’s the Evangelical Covenant Church?

August 13, 2014

From this past June: my three-part attempt to explain my little-known, fast-growing denomination, and why it’s so distinctive. This past June I flew from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Chicago, where I represented my congregation at Gather ’14, the annual meeting of our denomination, the Evangelical Covenant Church. “What’s the Evangelical Covenant Church?” at least one person just asked. … More Best of The Pietist Schoolman: What’s the Evangelical Covenant Church?

Google Ngram of a search for "World War I" and similar phrases in English, from 1920 to 2008

Tracking the Popularity of WWI in Books and Dissertations

August 11, 2014

Coming into this centenary year for World War I, there’s been a predictable resurgence of books written about that conflict. Which got me wondering how the war has ebbed and flowed over time as a subject for historians and other writers. I came up with two highly imperfect ways to satisfy this curiosity: I was challenged earlier this summer … More Tracking the Popularity of WWI in Books and Dissertations

Gas mask-wearing British soldiers in front of a soccer goal in 1916

That Was The Week That Was

August 9, 2014

Here… • I didn’t dislike the new college rankings from MONEY magazine, but as I considered how Bethel and other Christian colleges fared, I remained convinced that “no system that needs to rank public institutions and avowedly secular private ones is going to properly assess the value of Christian colleges and universities.” • We reached the 100th anniversary of the … More That Was The Week That Was

Entrance to LeTourneau University

How Christian Colleges Fare in the New Rankings from Money Magazine

August 6, 2014

Another year, another new college ranking system: Using unique measures of educational quality, affordability, and career outcomes, MONEY’s new value rankings will help you and your child find the right school at the right price. I guess whatever Forbes, Washington Monthly, and the Chronicle of Higher Education can do, Money can do better. (Certainly better than U.S. News.) And, for what it’s … More How Christian Colleges Fare in the New Rankings from Money Magazine

No Links Wrap Today

August 2, 2014

8/2/14 – Not just here but up and down my Feedly feed, it was a slow blogging week. So I’ll skip my usual “That Was The Week That Was” post and share a few highlights from recent days at the Pietist Schoolman Facebook page. Back to regular blogging next week!