The Big Ten

The ten most popular posts in the last month here at The Pietist Schoolman: Gregory Thornbury Named President of The King’s College Christians, Patriotism, and Nationalism How Financially Sustainable Are Christian Colleges? Why Are There No Holidays in August? Will D. Campbell: A Radical Baptist Peacemaker (G.W. Carlson) – part 1 The Spread of Technology … More The Big Ten

Evangelical Leadership on Immigration Reform

While I read it regularly on Feedly, The Atlantic is not exactly my go-to source for reporting on Christianity in America or elsewhere. And yet this morning it featured a hugely interesting, informative post with the surprising headline, “Is Immigration Reform Dead? Not If Evangelicals Can Do Anything About It.” FYI – I don’t normally … More Evangelical Leadership on Immigration Reform

“Of thee I sing”: A Brief History of Patriotism in American Hymnals (part 3)

By far the most popular American patriotic hymn is Samuel Francis Smith’s “America,” appearing in over 1600 of the hymnals indexed at Hymnary.org — nearly four times as many as Katharine Lee Bates’ “America the Beautiful” and Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” five times more than Francis Scott Key’s “Star-Spangled Banner.” And … More “Of thee I sing”: A Brief History of Patriotism in American Hymnals (part 3)