While Jonathan Edwards has been crowned “America’s Theologian,” his successors in the early republic can rightly be called American theologians. … Continue reading Call for Papers: Jonathan Edwards and the Early American Republic: Patriotism, Exceptionalism, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin lived in an era marked by change. People’s view of the natural world was changing, … Continue reading Edwards and Franklin (Pt. 4)
In this brief series of posts I would like to examine the history of American Christianity through two lenses: 1-the … Continue reading Interpreting the History of American Evangelicalism: 2 Lenses (Part 3: Doctrinal Disputes)
In this brief series of posts I would like to examine the history of American Christianity through two lenses: 1-the … Continue reading Interpreting the History of American Evangelicalism: 2 Lenses (Part 2: Revolutionary Religion and Creationism)
It has been said that one of the themes in the history of evangelicalism is that energetic populist or democratic … Continue reading Interpreting the History of American Evangelicalism: 2 Lenses (Part 1)
New Movie coming out about Abraham Lincoln. It really makes me think whether what I was taught in class about … Continue reading Rethinking American History…
