Tag: Bethel

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Registration Open for the Inaugural Bethel Colloquium on Pietism Studies

March 19, 2012

I’ve mentioned pieces of this since after Christmas and there’s a count-down widget on this blog’s home page, but let today’s post serve as a more official announcement: On Friday, April 20, 2012, Bethel University will host its inaugural Colloquium on Pietism Studies. This coming about three years after we hosted a Lilly Research Conference … More Registration Open for the Inaugural Bethel Colloquium on Pietism Studies

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Educating for Wisdom

March 8, 2012

For someone who both works in a Christian university and researches the history and theory of Christian higher education, it’s been exciting to see a national publication make that model of formation the cover story of an issue, as Christianity Today has done for March. I already posted a brief mention of the CT article … More Educating for Wisdom

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Our New Blog!

January 26, 2012

Let’s dip into the imaginary mailbag, shall we? Dear Chris, It seems like you’ve got endless amounts of free time to fill. Have you ever considered engaging in some actual scholarship? Or, writing for another blog? Cordially, All those who invested time and money in your decades of education Excellent questions. I’ll defer the first … More Our New Blog!

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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

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A Different Significance: Online vs. F2F Education (part 2)

December 9, 2011

About two years ago I was invited to give a talk to our faculty in recognition of having been awarded Bethel’s 2009 Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching. In part one of this (slightly updated) version of the talk, I described my experiences integrating podcasts into two courses and evaluated them in light of the “No … More A Different Significance: Online vs. F2F Education (part 2)

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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