A series of posts taking you day-by-day through a proposed travel version of my course HIS230L World War I. Read the introduction to the series here, or the previous post here. Saturday, January 19, 2013 – Paris Both the political capital of the first modern nation-state and the cultural capital, in several writers’ judgment, of … More Expats
This afternoon we’ll pick up our series examining the critique of Pietism bound up in the “Anabaptist vision” promoted by Harold Bender and like-minded Mennonite scholars in the mid-20th century. Last time I noted that Bender’s critique (as substantially developed by Robert Friedmann) continued to influence neo-Anabaptist scholars like the young Mennonite Brethren professors who … More The Anabaptist Revision
A series of posts taking you day-by-day through a proposed travel version of my course HIS230L World War I. Read the introduction to the series here, or the previous post here. Friday, January 18, 2013 – Paris If it feels like I haven’t had a lot to say recently about the titular topic of this … More What If?
7/18/11 – In for a social media penny, in for a pound. Over the weekend I sold what remained of my soul and joined Twitter. Follow me @cgehrz.
A series of posts taking you day-by-day through a proposed travel version of my course HIS230L World War I. Read the introduction to the series here, or the previous post here. Thursday, January 17, 2013 – Versailles HOLLYWOOD FOR $1200: Which American president was the subject of the 1944 film, nominated for ten Oscars, that … More “The Right Kind of Peace”
As I noted in my very first post on this blog, I’m not an early adopter. So I’m probably the ten millionth person to realize that Google has an application called Reader that lets you easily digest the contents of any blog that interests you without the trouble of actually visiting it. All of which … More That Was the Week That Was
I’ve tried very, very hard not to litter this blog with reflections on my love of television. But two things happened this week that, in combination, proved too much for me to resist. #1. A marginally popular drama called Friday Nights Lights reached the end of its fifth and final season last night. #2. Chuck … More Teary Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose
My favorite story making the blog rounds today concerns a new release from Concordia Publishing House: This is the story, from birth to death, of Martin Luther who headed a revolution that changed the world. From a small town in medieval Germany, the Reformation resulted in dramatic, sweeping change that still echoes today. Here is … More Luther!
A series of posts taking you day-by-day through a proposed travel version of my course HIS230L World War I. Read the introduction to the series here, or the previous post here. Wednesday, January 16, 2013 – Paris You wouldn’t think that the seemingly random combination of these four words could yield 2.1 million hits on … More “Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys”
7/14/11 (sorry: 26 Messidor 219) – Here’s hoping that all of my former Modern Europe students find themselves humming “La Marseillaise” sometime today, and that the French nation can forgive me for the tongue-in-cheek review of their military history that’ll be posted here tomorrow morning.
The Pietist Schoolman 