The Week in Preview

9/30/11 – Coming up next week here at The Pietist Schoolman… The five best national anthems revealed, the return of my series on Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom’s Clouds of Witnesses, more on Carolyn Weber’s memoir of conversion, and an evangelical perspective on being a fan of bands like Wilco and the Jayhawks.

The Return of Historia!

Along with the course-related podcasts I’ve helped to produce, our department also makes use of this technology to communicate with current, former, and prospective students, putting out Historia! twice last year and, hopefully, three times in 2011-2012. In time for Bethel’s Homecoming, the first episode for this year is now available on iTunes U, and … More The Return of Historia!

The Best National Anthems: Honorable Mentions

Today we get closer to settling, once and for all, the question, “What’s the best national anthem?” On Monday I explained how this series stemmed from an exploration of 19th century European nationalism in my Modern Europe course. Yesterday I revealed six national anthems that didn’t really come close to making the cut for our … More The Best National Anthems: Honorable Mentions

Surprised by Oxford: Christmastide

As it happened, I read the third part of Carolyn Weber’s Surprised by Oxford (“Christmastide,” which finds her returning home to Canada during a break in Oxford’s schedule) the same week that my friend Sam taught our Christianity and Western Culture class about Augustine of Hippo, the North African theologian and bishop whose Confessions is … More Surprised by Oxford: Christmastide