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Pietism Colloquium Recap: Roundtable on Pietism’s “Usable Past”

April 24, 2012

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”

Glen Scorgie: Why Pietism Still Matters

April 11, 2012

In the newest issue of the Baptist Pietist Clarion, I was especially struck by Glen Scorgie‘s article, “Religion of the Heart: The Enduring Value of Pietism,” in which he asks “whether Pietism should still matter to the Baptist General Conference—to Converge Worldwide.” Even beyond that particular denomination, I think it’s a valuable question for several churches … More Glen Scorgie: Why Pietism Still Matters

John Piper: “I think I’m a pietistic Calvinist”

March 30, 2012

The title of this post will be news to many of our readers, so let me give some context right away: As part of an interview with Christianity Today about his reaction to the death of Trayvon Martin, Baptist pastor and neo-Reformed theologian John Piper was asked about his book Bloodlines, on racism and racial … More John Piper: “I think I’m a pietistic Calvinist”

My Churches: A Spiritual Travelogue (part 2)

March 16, 2012

Today I’ll continue my recollection of the churches that I’ve called home over the years. (See part 1 here.) While the congregations of my childhood and adolescence in the Twin Cities were all members of the Evangelical Covenant Church, deciding to attend the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia meant that I didn’t … More My Churches: A Spiritual Travelogue (part 2)

The Baptist Pietist Clarion

February 2, 2012

2/2/12 – Readers with ties to the Baptist General Conference or Bethel University (or those with a more general interest in Pietism in American denominations) should be sure to check out The Baptist Pietist Clarion, an annual newsletter edited by my colleague G.W. Carlson (profiled here at the end of 2011). All of its back … More The Baptist Pietist Clarion

Pietism, Churches, and a “Usable Past”

January 17, 2012

A brief update on planning for our colloquium on Pietism at Bethel University, taking place April 20, 2012. In addition to talks by Scot McKnight and Jon Sensbach, we’ll have a roundtable discussion asking whether Pietism provides a “usable past” for churches today. In some ways, this is a reprise of a session at our … More Pietism, Churches, and a “Usable Past”

Save the Date: Pietism Colloquium at Bethel

December 28, 2011

We’ve been floating this news for a little while now, but for those who haven’t yet heard… Please mark your calendars: Bethel University will be hosting a colloquium on Pietism on Friday, April 20, 2012. Coordinated by Christian Collins Winn and myself, it will be a kind of sequel to the 2009 research conference that … More Save the Date: Pietism Colloquium at Bethel

Pietism, the BGC, and Bethel University: G.W. Carlson

December 19, 2011

Today’s post is the second in a new, occasional series on the role of Pietism in the history of Bethel University and its parent denomination, the Baptist General Conference (now going by its “missional name”: Converge Worldwide). Rather than give my own take on these topics, I’m going to summarize the work of some earlier … More Pietism, the BGC, and Bethel University: G.W. Carlson

Pietism, the BGC, and Bethel University: Virgil Olson

December 8, 2011

For a blog called The Pietist Schoolman, there’s been surprisingly little posted here about Pietism in recent weeks. So today I’m starting a new series on the role of Pietism in the history of Bethel University and its parent denomination, the Baptist General Conference (now going by its “missional name”: Converge Worldwide). Rather than give … More Pietism, the BGC, and Bethel University: Virgil Olson

Sophocles, Baptist Pietist

October 18, 2011

10/18/11 – Kyle Roberts, another of my colleagues up at Bethel Seminary (and one of the contributors to our Pietist Impulse book), will be part of a panel discussion of Sophocles’ Antigone (adapted as Burial at Thebes) after it is performed tonight at Minneapolis’ famous Guthrie Theater. The curtain goes up in just over two … More Sophocles, Baptist Pietist

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