Here’s what happened here and at other blogs and sites in the past week. Here Can historians engage in both empathy and judgment (all without “hindsight bias”)? The case of Neville Chamberlain, as presented by anti-appeaser/historian Winston Churchill. The greatest hero in Swedish military history… Still not quite sure why that should cause me any … More That Was The Week That Was
Last Friday I posted a Wilfred Owen poem, Owen being the greatest poet of World War I and November 11 being the day (a week after Owen’s death) that the fighting on the Western Front ended — and the day that people around the world still commemorate as Remembrance Day (or, in this country, Veterans’ … More Chamberlain and Churchill: Empathy, Judgment, and Hindsight Bias
11/10/11 – On this week’s episode of CWC: The Radio Show… Sam, Amy, and I discuss punctuation, Adele, sports dynasties, the history of evangelicalism, and why churches should be wary of trying to be “relevant.” Get episodes here, or click on the logo on the right side of the home page.
It happened only a week ago, but for the life of me, I can’t remember just why I ended up interrupting a lecture on fascism to share with my Modern Europe students these details from my childhood: One day in 3rd grade French class, the story goes, Mme. Conway let me take over class. I … More When I Knew I Wanted to Teach History
November 16, 1632 – Gustavus Adolphus is killed at the Battle of Lützen It’s a strange thing as a 21st century American (and a trained historian who should really know better) to feel any stirring of pride in the military and political exploits of a 17th century king who aggrandized his own kingdom at the … More This Day in History: The Lion of the North
I’ve mentioned once or twice before that my employer, Bethel University, is in the middle of developing its next master plan. We’ve seen a couple of scenarios from the consultants, and both anticipate a substantial expansion and renovation of our facilities: new buildings, sprucing up of old ones… It’s all very exciting, especially in this … More College Architecture and Christian Simplicity
11/15/11 – Last March historical theologian Roger Olson (formerly of Bethel, now of Baylor’s Truett Seminary, and one of the contributors to our Pietist Impulse book) delivered two talks on Pietism at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN: “The World We Have Lost” and “A World We Need to Find Again.” Luther Sem has now … More Roger Olson on Pietism
So I’m sitting at home last Wednesday night. Minding my own business, ignoring the last eight essays that I just didn’t want to grade, eating leftover Halloween candy, watching the CMA Awards because I was too lazy to change the channel after I realized Modern Family wasn’t on… You know, whatever. Hey wait… Did they … More “Both Kinds: Country and Western”
A few hopefully interesting things were seen here at The Pietist Schoolman in the past week. Here’s a list of them, plus a few of the many, many other noteworthy posts and essays published at other sites: Here Having survived my first visit to the pulpit, I shared the text of my All Saints’ sermon … More That Was The Week That Was
I’ve already posted something for November 11 as Remembrance/Veterans Day, but given that it’s also one of the twelve days each century when the numbers of the month, day, and year (in mm/dd/yy format, or dd/mm/yy for our European readers) are identical, I thought I’d list the most important events in history for each such … More 11/11/11
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