If you want to understand Pietism, read our forthcoming book — or just visit one of the diverse congregations of the Evangelical Covenant Church. … More The Pietist Option in Practice: The Evangelical Covenant Church
Thanks to a hectic week, I only had a chance to share a tribute to my grandfather and to announce the Amazon Prime premiere of a new documentary on Pietism. I’ll be back to my usual blogging pace next week, but in the meantime, here are a few other links from around the blogosphere: • … More That Was The Week That Was
A tribute to my grandfather, who died Saturday night at age 94, leaving behind a legacy of faith, hope, and love. … More Grandpa Peterson
Over the past couple of years, I’ve been happy to cheer on fellow Covenanters Mark Safstrom and Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom as they worked with filmmaker Tim Frakes on a documentary entitled God’s Glory, Neighbor’s Good: The Story of Pietism. Here are a couple of short clips, from filming at the Hauge Museum in Norway and at the Copenhagen … More Pietism on Amazon Prime!
Here… • If you’ve been waiting six years for me to blog about Wonder Woman… well, this was your lucky week. • In addition to my own piece for Christianity Today, I shared a few links to other reflections on Memorial Day. • And I wrote a sequel to last week’s Mike Pence post, this one … More That Was The Week That Was
Of all the ways that the First World War has attracted renewed attention in these years of its ongoing centenary, I don’t think any is less likely than its becoming the setting for the superhero movie debuting tomorrow: Yes, that’s Wonder Woman (played by Israeli actress Gal Gadot) leading a frontal assault across No Man’s … More Wonder Woman and World War I
Presenting the top ten posts of May 2017 at The Pietist Schoolman: Two Problems with Mike Pence’s Naval Academy Address The Spread of Technology since 1900 The Loneliness (and Solitude) of a Christian Historian A Day in the Life of a Christian College Professor The Lecture Lives. I Would Know—I’m a Professor. Which Country (and Continent) Dominates … More The Big Ten
Last Friday I took issue with Vice President Mike Pence’s commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy, in part because he exhorted graduates to “Follow the chain of command without exception. Submit yourselves, as the saying goes, to the authorities that have been placed above you.” His allusion to Romans 13:1-2 (or 1 Peter 2:13-14) got … More Public Uses of Romans 13 in American History
My first byline for Christianity Today is one of many new essays on the complicated meaning of Memorial Day. … More Memorial Day Reflections
Here… • Study Day during Finals Week isn’t really a typical day in my life as a Christian college professor… but this year it reminded me of all the reasons why I enjoy my job. • John Fea’s observations about the loneliness of people in our line of work got me thinking about history as being … More That Was The Week That Was
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