It’s been a busy first week of class here at Bethel, so I’m going to postpone my two posts on museums until next week. But before we wrap up the week, let me pass along a few more details about the Pietism colloquium (Friday, April 20) that I’m coordinating with my colleague Christian Collins Winn. … More Update: Jon Sensbach’s Talk at Our Pietism Colloquium
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
Regular readers of The Pietist Schoolman might have noticed a new “widget” along the right-hand side of each page: a countdown to April 20, when Bethel University will host a colloquium on Pietism. I’ve already shared some initial details and, last week, a follow-up about our afternoon roundtable discussion on Pietism and contemporary churches and … More Update: Scot McKnight’s Talk at Our Pietism Colloquium
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”
12/29/11 – For our readers who happen to live in the great Commonwealth of Virginia or are looking for an excuse to travel there… One of my favorite scholar-author-bloggers, historical theologian Roger Olson (also one of the contributors to our Pietist Impulse book) will be speaking on “Pietism and Pentecostalism: Spiritual Cousins or Competitors?” at … More Pietism and Pentecostalism
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
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
12/14/11 – Earlier this fall I had the honor of being invited to write a brief appreciation of longtime Covenant pastor and editor Jim Hawkinson for the newsletter Pietisten. That piece appears on p. 15 of the Fall/Winter 2011 issue, now available (not online, but you can find out how to get that and earlier … More Article in Pietisten
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
11/15/11 – Last March historical theologian Roger Olson (formerly of Bethel, now of Baylor’s Truett Seminary, and one of the contributors to our Pietist Impulse book) delivered two talks on Pietism at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN: “The World We Have Lost” and “A World We Need to Find Again.” Luther Sem has now … More Roger Olson on Pietism
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