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
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
I don’t even know how to begin to explain this: Okay – first, I’m co-coordinator of GES130 Christianity and Western Culture (CWC), a course on Western Civilization, church history, philosophy, and theology that about two-thirds of Bethel students take in their first year. In addition to a team of 8-10 professors, the course is taught … More My MTV Unplugged Moment
The Pietist Schoolman 