Sunday, November 30, 2014

A. Campbell on the Glories of the Written Word

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Excerpt from an unpublished 1828 letter to John Abbot of Macon, Georgia, by Alexander Campbell during the revision of the 1826 first editi...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

D. J. Boorstin on Pseudo-Events and Celebrities

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Here's a brief take on a book that's worth a read, I think: Daniel J. Boorstin, The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America . New...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

An Apocalyptic Century

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Cunningham, Andrew and Ole Peter Grell. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Religion, War, Famine and Death in Reformation Europe . Cambr...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

J. C. Beker on the Theology of Paul

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Beker, J. Christiaan. The Triumph of God: The Essence of Paul's Thought . Translated by Loren T. Struckenbruck. Minneapolis: Fortr...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Albert Schweitzer's Failed Quest. Or Was It?

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Schweitzer, Albert. The Quest of the Historical Jesus: A Critical Study of Its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede . New York: Macmillan, 1968. ...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Early Beginnings of the New Perspective on Paul

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Stendahl, Krister. “The Apostle Paul and the Introspective Consciousness of the West.” Harvard Theological Review 56 (1963): 199-215. O...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

When Did Transubstatiation become the Only Correct View in Roman Catholicism?

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McCue, James F. “The Doctrine of Transubstantiation from Berengar through Trent: The Point at Issue.” Harvard Theological Review 61 (July 1...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

From Toleration to Participation: Hutchison's Vision for Religious/Political History in America

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During the last several years of his long teaching career at Harvard, William R. Hutchison developed a series of lectures on the legal, po...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Perry Miller's "Errand into the Wilderness"

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Miller, Perry. Errand into the Wilderness . Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1956. This post provides an overview of the "Pre...
Monday, August 11, 2014

A Trip to Abilene

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So last Thursday afternoon Michele and I got in the car and drove to Abilene. Compared to the panhandle it gets significantly hotter in that...
Friday, August 08, 2014

Joe S. Warlick Encounters R. W. Officer in Arkansas, 1926

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Joe S. Warlick  (1866-1941), editor and publisher of the Gospel Guide, often included an "Editorials" section in his paper. These ...
Friday, August 01, 2014

Early American History: A Dandy Baker's Dozen

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So here's a short list of recent titles in the field of Early American History. If you want to get a sense of the state of the art, thes...