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Have You Subscribed to The Pietist Schoolman Newsletter Yet?

August 23, 2022

Did you know that I’ve been publishing a Pietist Schoolman newsletter through Substack? Since early July, subscribers have been receiving at least four issues per week, including a Saturday links wrap and Sunday devotional reflection. During the week, I’ve written about topics like “early college,” the “spiritual but not religious,” patriotism, COVID, and Holocaust commemoration. … More Have You Subscribed to The Pietist Schoolman Newsletter Yet?

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See You in June!

May 5, 2021

Between wrapping up spring classes, prepping for two summer classes, reviewing a new book on Pietism, and a few other projects, I need to take some time off from even my recently reduced schedule at Pietist Schoolman. I’ll continue to blog every Tuesday at The Anxious Bench, then plan to ramp back up here at … More See You in June!

Part of my collection of books by and on Charles Lindbergh

Why 2020 Will Be a Quiet Year for The Pietist Schoolman

January 21, 2020

Three weeks into the new year, you might have noticed that things are awfully quiet around this blog. That’s intentional. At least until I submit my Charles Lindbergh manuscript in August or September, I’m going to try to restrain myself from blogging at anything like my usual pace. Much as I love using this blog … More Why 2020 Will Be a Quiet Year for The Pietist Schoolman

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See You at Easter!

February 13, 2018

It’s not a full Lenten fast, but I’m going to keep this blog quiet for the next forty days. You can find me doing my usual Tuesday post at The Anxious Bench — this morning’s considered a surprisingly religious part of the country (no, not Utah or the South) — and I might do a bit of … More See You at Easter!

FitzGerald, The Evangelicals

How Much Do Politics Matter to Evangelicals?

July 20, 2017

This will push into next week my long-gestating post on whether it’s possible to write persuasively for an evangelical audience, but I wanted to think aloud about one question that’s probably bigger than that post: Just how much do politics matter to evangelicals? That first came to mind last month, while I was reading Alec Ryrie’s Protestants: … More How Much Do Politics Matter to Evangelicals?

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This Year’s Reminder That the Lecture is Not Dead

October 19, 2015

You know you inhabit an odd corner of the social media world when it goes viral over a New York Times column entitled “Lecture Me. Really.” And yet, I think it says something that a significant number of the academics I know on Facebook and follow on Twitter resonated so strongly with this argument from historian Molly Worthen: … More This Year’s Reminder That the Lecture is Not Dead

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For My Children, On Their First Day of Kindergarten

September 9, 2015

At the risk of saying what people like my former colleague Kyle Roberts have already said quite well, I’m going to share a rather personal blog post today — the first day of kindergarten for our twins. Dear Lena and Isaiah, Today I’ll try to find ways to say these things to you, but I know that … More For My Children, On Their First Day of Kindergarten