Tag: Carl Lundquist

Cover of the Covenant Quarterly

Announcing a New Issue of The Covenant Quarterly on Pietism

September 17, 2013

I’m honored to announce the publication of a theme issue of The Covenant Quarterly, guest edited by my colleague Christian Collins Winn and myself, that features articles on the historical and contemporary significance of Pietism. If you’re not familiar with it, The Covenant Quarterly is published by the Evangelical Covenant Church through its seminary, North … More Announcing a New Issue of The Covenant Quarterly on Pietism

Mar Saba

The Christian Liberal Arts as Spiritual Retreat

August 28, 2013

I’m about to head up to the second and final day of Bethel‘s annual faculty retreat, a venerable tradition meant to help us reconnect after a summer away, engage in some professional development (e.g., yesterday I sat in on a session about open access publishing and digital humanities), hear from our leaders, and worship together. … More The Christian Liberal Arts as Spiritual Retreat

Virgil Olson (1916-2013)

Virgil Olson: A Faithful Disciple of Jesus Christ (G.W. Carlson) – part 1

June 13, 2013

As mentioned here last week, Virgil Olson, a longtime professor at what’s now Bethel University and the leading historian of what used to be the Baptist General Conference, died last Tuesday at age 96. His friend G.W. Carlson offered to share this two-part tribute with readers of this blog. (Previously, GW has contributed essays on … More Virgil Olson: A Faithful Disciple of Jesus Christ (G.W. Carlson) – part 1

Plan for the new Arden Hills campus

Best of The Pietist Schoolman: College Architecture and Christian Simplicity

December 14, 2012

Reading this morning that American colleges and universities have accumulated over $200 billion in outstanding debt thanks to a “decade-long spending binge to build academic buildings, dormitories and recreational facilities — some of them inordinately lavish to attract students” reminded me of this post from last November… I’ve mentioned once or twice before that my … More Best of The Pietist Schoolman: College Architecture and Christian Simplicity

Carl Lundquist

A Preview of My CFH Talk on Pietism at Bethel

October 2, 2012

This weekend I’ll be joining the other members of the Conference on Faith and History (CFH) for its biennial conference, held this year at Gordon College outside Boston. CFH is my favorite professional society, and I’m honored to be part of a Saturday morning panel on Pietism and Christian colleges and universities in the 20th … More A Preview of My CFH Talk on Pietism at Bethel

Carl Lundquist in 1977

Evangelicalism and Youth Culture, 1967-1972

June 12, 2012

John Turner, one of the contributors to the new Patheos blog The Anxious Bench, wrote last week about the 40th anniversary of Explo ’72, which brought over 80,000 youth together in Dallas’ Cotton Bowl for several days of preaching (Billy Graham six times), evangelistic classes, and music. A closing festival drew an even larger crowd … More Evangelicalism and Youth Culture, 1967-1972

Carl Lundquist

Christian College Presidents: 1975 and 2012

March 13, 2012

In addition to Perry Glanzer’s article on Christian colleges educating for wisdom, the March 2012 issue of Christianity Today also includes Timothy Morgan’s interview with Wheaton College president Philip Ryken and Gordon College president D. Michael Lindsay. Reading it, I couldn’t help but think back to a much older CT piece that I ran across … More Christian College Presidents: 1975 and 2012