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Best of The Pietist Schoolman: Metaphors for Christian Liberal Arts

November 3, 2014

In the 3+ years of this blog, I’ve written often about the value of the liberal arts — particularly as an integral component of Christian higher education. While I’ve occasionally pointed to the instrumental benefits of such an education (provides a marketable skill set, prepares learners who can pick up new skills and thrive in grad/professional schools), I’ve … More Best of The Pietist Schoolman: Metaphors for Christian Liberal Arts

That Was The Week That Was

October 26, 2013

Here • We’re on Facebook! It’s a fun format — a chance to share links even before Saturdays, plus books I’m reading or teaching. I might do a bit of microblogging there on items that don’t seem to require 500-1500 words of commentary here. And we get spontaneous conversations like the one yesterday afternoon about … More That Was The Week That Was

That Was The Week That Was

October 5, 2013

Here… • Coming ca. November 2014 from InterVarsity Press… Whole and Holy Persons: A Pietist Approach to Christian Higher Education, edited by The Pietist Schoolman. • As part of my historical sketch of bans on alcohol and other “lifestyle” policies at evangelical colleges like Bethel University, I quoted one-time campus pastor Jim Spickelmier, whose life … More That Was The Week That Was

Terrell and Bruce, The Anglo-Scottish Border and the Shaping of Identity, 1300-1600

A Baptist Pietist University Gets Medieval

September 10, 2013

You wouldn’t expect a Baptist Pietist university in the American Midwest to be anything remotely like a hotbed for interest in the Middle Ages, but there’s been a mini-revival of matters medieval here at Bethel University. Leading the charge is church historian Chris Armstrong, who has branched out from his interests in Wesleyan and Holiness … More A Baptist Pietist University Gets Medieval

Scholastic teaching at the University of Paris in 14th century

That Was The Week That Was

September 7, 2013

I should note that the past week brought this blog its 100,000th view. Thanks to everyone for reading! But more importantly: Here… • I joined several others in getting the word out that Books & Culture is facing its last issue if it doesn’t make its 2014 fundraising goal by the 9th. They’d made progress … More That Was The Week That Was

Christian Liberal Arts as Cathedral-Building

September 3, 2013

On Friday I led our department’s welcome sessions for new majors. For a while now I’ve made sure to dedicate part of that time to preemptively addressing the concern, “What do I do with a History major?” We’ve got better at making what sound to us like effective arguments — ruthlessly pragmatic explanations of the … More Christian Liberal Arts as Cathedral-Building

Welcome Back, Chris Armstrong

July 31, 2013

7/31/13 – Glad to see my colleague Chris Armstrong return to blogging after taking some time to focus on leading Bethel’s Work with Purpose initiative. (Look for a new Patheos channel on faith and work from Chris and team, later this year.) He started off by sharing a couple of passages from the current draft … More Welcome Back, Chris Armstrong

That Was The Week That Was

July 6, 2013

Here… • July 1 is a big day for commemorating momentous battles: the Somme turned 97, and Gettysburg turned 150. • “Liberal arts” ≠ “the humanities” (at least, not them alone). • And in what’s already become a Pietist Schoolman tradition: a Bah, Humbug! kind of post for the 4th of July. …There and Everywhere … More That Was The Week That Was

12th century illustration of the liberal arts

The Sciences as Liberal Arts

July 2, 2013

I fear that those of us who teach history, literature, philosophy, languages, etc. too often tend to say “the liberal arts” when we really mean “the humanities” — forgetting that the latter is only one set of disciplines within the former. I’m as guilty as anyone. A long time ago, I imprecisely used the tag … More The Sciences as Liberal Arts

Why the Middle Ages Could Have Saved Lives in WWI

May 1, 2013

Back when I taught my history of World War I course on campus instead of gallivanting around the Western Front itself, I made extensive use of clips from The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century, a documentary miniseries from PBS and the BBC. (It came out in 1996, but the website is … More Why the Middle Ages Could Have Saved Lives in WWI

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Best of The Pietist Schoolman: Metaphors for Christian Liberal Arts

That Was The Week That Was

That Was The Week That Was

A Baptist Pietist University Gets Medieval

That Was The Week That Was

Christian Liberal Arts as Cathedral-Building

Welcome Back, Chris Armstrong

That Was The Week That Was

The Sciences as Liberal Arts

Why the Middle Ages Could Have Saved Lives in WWI