5/7/12 – There’s a new discussion group on the interdisciplinary site H-Net: H-Pietism! Edited by Jared Burkholder (who blogs at The Hermeneutic Circle, where he shared this announcement) and Kate Carté Engel, H-Pietism “promotes the academic study of pietism, broadly defined” and welcomes “all interested scholars studying Pietism as an early modern religious movement in … More H-Pietism
It’s a busy time of year, but it was good to get away and spend the weekend at Covenant Pines, two hours north of the Twin Cities, where my church holds an annual “family camp.” I was invited to teach three hour-long sessions with the adults while their kids were off doing Bible study, crafts, … More Covenant Pines and the Desert Road
In his scathing review (“pretty much an adventure in missing the point”) of Randall Balmer’s scathing review of Ross Douthat’s Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics, philosopher Jamie Smith took particular exception to Balmer’s observation that “institutions, in my experience, are remarkably poor vehicles for piety.” My post that follows isn’t actually … More Anti-Anti-Denominationalism
Today I’ll continue my series on Confessing History: Explorations in Christian Faith and the Historian’s Vocation, eds. John Fea, Jay Green, and Eric Miller (University of Notre Dame Press) with a look at the book’s first part: a set of three chapters on what Miller (in his introduction) calls “that preeminently postmodern category and concern, … More Confessing History: Identity
I’ll come back to our Pietism studies colloquium later today or tomorrow with a concluding set of reflections, but let me interrupt that series briefly to encourage its readers to look at something Jay Phelan wrote yesterday on his blog, Additional Markings. His post begins: I had reason again this week to be thankful that … More Pietism vs. the “Imperial Church”
Last Friday Bethel hosted its inaugural Colloquium on Pietism Studies. I’ve earlier posted summaries of Scot McKnight’s keynote address (on Anabaptism, Pietism, and evangelicalism) and Jon Sensbach’s post-lunch talk (on Afro-Moravian Christianity in the mid-18th century). This afternoon: a few highlights from the roundtable discussion that I moderated. In 2009, we hosted a research conference … More Pietism Colloquium Recap: Roundtable on Pietism’s “Usable Past”
Last Friday Bethel hosted its inaugural Colloquium on Pietism Studies. Yesterday I posted a summary of Scot McKnight’s keynote talk, in which he suggested that evangelicals delve more deeply into the history of Anabaptism and Pietism. This morning: a recap of our post-lunch talk. Later today: recapping our closing session… In his keynote address, Scot … More Pietism Colloquium Recap: Jon Sensbach
Last Friday Bethel hosted its inaugural Colloquium on Pietism Studies, a one-day gathering that I hope to see become a biennial or triennial event. (It came three years after we hosted an international research conference on “The Pietist Impulse in Christianity.”) Thanks to our generous and supportive deans (Deb Harless and Barrett Fisher, in particular) … More Pietism Colloquium Recap: Scot McKnight
4/20/12 – Home after a long day at Bethel coordinating our Inaugural Colloquium on Pietism Studies. Thanks to all those who took part (including more than a few of our readers who said hi), and we look forward to doing it again in 2-3 years! I’ll have a post or two this weekend sharing some … More Closing the Book on This Year’s Pietism Colloquium
4/19/12 – Just one day left until Bethel’s Inaugural Colloquium on Pietism Studies. I’ll post a recap here on Friday night or Saturday morning, and I might even take a shot at doing some play-by-play from the colloquium itself tomorrow on Twitter. (Follow me there @cgehrz.) For an appetizer, here’s a January 2012 post on … More Tomorrow’s Colloquium on Pietism Studies
The Pietist Schoolman 