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At Long Last, My Post on Hamilton and History

September 21, 2016

It’s probably foolhardy to post on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway sensation Hamilton. Even if there’s anything new to say at this point, there’s no way to write about something so exhilarating and creative without coming off as dry and trite by comparison. Aaron Burr, the show’s narrator and somewhat sympathetic villain, would no doubt advise me to “Talk less, smile more.” But in … More At Long Last, My Post on Hamilton and History

That Was The Week That Was

April 16, 2016

Here… • No, the liberal arts are not synonymous with “top liberal arts colleges.” • What is it that Christian historians do? I tried to boil it down to a few fundamental principles. • If you’d be interested in hearing Efrem Smith, Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom, Christian Collins Winn, and others talk about Pietism, save the date of December … More That Was The Week That Was

London's National Gallery as the setting of a rally in support of Paris

That Was The Week That Was

November 15, 2015

Thanks to some computer issues on Friday night and Saturday, I’ll just offer a shortened, belated set of links from a busy, sad last seven days. Here… • I’ve been describing Bethel at War, the digital history project that debuted this week, as “sneaky big” — Fletcher Warren and I started off with the idea that we’d write an … More That Was The Week That Was

That Was The Week That Was

August 29, 2015

Here… • I realized the nerdiest dream any Christian scholar could dream: being published in Books and Culture. • Is Lamentations one of the Bible’s “most neglected” books? What other texts are in that category? • As I inched closer to the beginning of the semester, I had much less to say about Christian higher ed per se… … More That Was The Week That Was

Who Are the Most Significant Americans in History? (part 2)

December 9, 2014

In part one of their response to Smithsonian Magazine’s attempt to list “The 100 Most Significant American of All Time,” historians Miles Mullin, John Fea, Devin Manzullo-Thomas, and Jonathan Den Hartog evaluated the methodology of the project. Today, they pick apart the actual list itself… Which name were you most pleasantly surprised to see? (i.e., someone who might not … More Who Are the Most Significant Americans in History? (part 2)

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At Long Last, My Post on Hamilton and History

That Was The Week That Was

That Was The Week That Was

That Was The Week That Was

Who Are the Most Significant Americans in History? (part 2)