Here… • Did I mention that you can preorder our forthcoming book on Pietism and Christian higher education? Never too early for Christmas shopping, right? What? It comes out January 5th?… Yeah, I meant Christmas 2015 shopping. • I really do work during the summer, all evidence of goofing off to the contrary. • And while … More That Was The Week That Was
It’s often been said that the greatest compliment a teacher can receive is for a student to disagree well with him. Take, for example, this 1947 paper written for a Church History course at Goshen College. Wait – did I mention that the student was a nineteen year old John Howard Yoder? Or that his … More A Young J.H. Yoder on German Pietism
Here… • Should Christian higher education be “safe” for students? Jared closed the academic year with that important question. • Does Memorial Day help Americans remember what they ought to remember? • Is the seven-day week headed for history’s ash heap? Should Christians be concerned? • And a celebration of the joys of collaborating with my … More That Was The Week That Was
Here… • I really can’t thank David King enough for taking the time to answer some big questions about World Vision! @cgehrz Why are your interviews of David King on World Vision not crossposted on the New York Times. Great Scoop! http://t.co/ul1Woy1LGA — Benjamin Brandenburg (@BenBrandenburg) April 4, 2014 • I especially appreciated how David explained … More That Was The Week That Was
In recent months I’ve been invited to review two books seeking to introduce English-speaking audiences to German Pietism: Douglas Shantz’s An Introduction to German Pietism: Protestant Renewal at the Dawn of Modern Europe (Johns Hopkins University Press, paperback $31.50 on Amazon), and Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom’s Angels, Worms, and Bogeys: The Christian Ethic of Pietism (Cascade Books, $15.20). While … More The Challenge of Introducing Pietism
Here… • One Baptist political scientist paid tribute to another, as G.W. Carlson celebrated the legacy of Walfred H. Peterson. • Even more interesting than anything that I put in my post about changes in Winter Olympic records over time was this nugget passed along by a former student: when Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer … More That Was The Week That Was
Today I’m happy to introduce Jared Burkholder, a fellow “Pietist schoolman” who will be blogging here every other Friday! Jared is Associate Professor of History at Grace College and Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana, where he also chairs the History and Political Science department and directs the Office of Faith, Learning, and Scholarship. He holds … More Introducing Jared Burkholder, Our New Regular Guest Blogger
Today I’m happy to introduce readers to Devin Manzullo-Thomas, the new director of the Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan Studies at Messiah College. Actually, frequent readers may already recognize Devin’s name, as I’ve mentioned his work from time to time — including his contribution to the Covenant Quarterly issue on Pietism that I … More An Interview with Sider Institute Director Devin Manzullo-Thomas
Here… • It’s easy to make fun of French military history. (I’ve done it.) But the “strange defeat” of his nation in May-June 1940 was no joke to historian Marc Bloch… • How a Twin Cities megachurch may be a case study for evangelicals and Anabaptists learning from each other how to do church. • … More That Was The Week That Was
One of my favorite recent books is The Activist Impulse: Essays on the Intersection of Evangelicalism and Anabaptism, eds. Jared Burkholder and David Cramer. It helps me better understand my own interest, as a rather pietistic evangelical, in the Anabaptist tradition, and my reservations about it. While the contributors don’t shy away from the tensions … More The Church at the Intersection of Anabaptism and Evangelicalism
The Pietist Schoolman 