Clayton Nans is a War of 1812 reenactor. And if that didn’t get your attention, well, this retired Marine officer wouldn’t be too surprised. As Nans told the New York Times for a story that ran last Friday, “I know people who can go their whole life and will be just as happy not to … More The War of 1812 (un)Remembered
What you might have missed this week, here and elsewhere: Here Why Pietism may have been an obstacle to the development of higher education in some American Christian traditions, plus one exception. Three stories of Africans who led revivals in the 20th century. The problematic legacy of “muscular Christianity,” plus contemporary Christian ambivalence about athletic … More That Was the Week That Was
The other day I mentioned that I was in the middle of writing my syllabus for HIS354 Modern Europe, one of the staples of my courseload at Bethel University. As any teacher reading this knows, offering the same class year in and year out can be the bane of one’s existence. It can become numbing … More The Blessings of Teaching the Same Course Again and Again
The Pietist Schoolman 