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Archives for February 2023
Historical reflections on civilians and war one year into the invasion of Ukraine
Eleven years ago this month, I had the privilege of co-organizing (with the amazing Nicola Foote, a historian of Latin America and the Caribbean) a conference on civilians and warfare in world history. We eventually published an edited collection of […]
Asbury University revival roundup: February 20, 2023 at 11:05PM
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Christian influencer Alisa Childers: More from Samford University. And here: Krystle, a Pennsylvania resident, with a testimony: I hesitate to try and encapsulate […]
Trinity College in Deerfield, IL ends residential, in-person undergraduate education.
My first teaching job at a four-year college was at Trinity College in Deerfield, IL (now the undergraduate college of Trinity International University). Then history department chair Rick Pointer invited me to teach a course on European history from 1945 […]
Asbury University revival roundup: February 20, 2023 at 11:58AM
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Asbury University president Kevin Brown announces the new schedule change: Asbury University’s director of communication: The local NBC affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky published […]
What is going on at Marymount University?
Marymount, a Catholic university in Arlington, Virginia, is eliminating degrees in theology and religious studies, philosophy, mathematics, art, history, sociology, English, economics, secondary education, and M.A. programs in English and the humanities. Ouch. Marymount University should now be considered a […]
Is Nikki Haley a Christian?
If she is not, she certainly wants to appeal to conservatives Christians. We’ve already discussed her decision to have John Hagee pray at her announcement rally. And we included these videos in today’s evangelical roundup. They are part of an […]
The Author’s Corner with Stephen Longenecker
Stephen Longenecker is Professor of History, Emeritus at Bridgewater College. This interview is based on his new book, Pulpits of the Lost Cause: The Faith and Politics of Former Confederate Chaplains during Reconstruction (University of Alabama Press, 2023). JF: What […]
Evangelical roundup for February 20, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land?: For those interested in the Asbury Revival, we are covering it extensively here. More on Latino evangelicals in Florida who are trying to get Ron DeSantis to take a man off death row. Charlie […]
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The war in Ukraine and the struggle over cynicism
This Friday, February 24th, will mark the one-year anniversary since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Several posts on this blog this week, therefore, will reflect on different aspects of this war. It’s very curious how negatively some […]
Asbury University revival roundup: February 19, 2023 (9:30pm)
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Asbury President Kevin Brown. Live streaming will begin. He also addresses claims that Asbury is trying to end the revival. Here is the […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: African American historian Henry Louis Gates has a word for Ron DeSantis. Mary Wollstonecraft on marriage. Inside Fox News on the night of the 2020 presidential election. And here. And […]
Asbury University revival roundup: February 19, 2023 (4:00pm)
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. The latest: Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Facebook: Here’s a story that’s getting little attention from the mainstream media, […]
Asbury revival roundup: February 18 at 9:07pm
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Credible insiders tell me that there is a 2.5 hour wait to get into the overflow rooms. There is a 10 hour wait […]
The Asbury revival has “spread” to Cedarville University. According to one report, Cedarville needs it.
On February 12, 2023, Thomas White, the president of Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio, tweeted this: Lo and behold, Cedarville is now having a revival. Read this story in the campus newspaper. White announced the revival in a chapel service […]
Asbury revival roundup: February 17 at 9:10PM. The meetings will move off the Asbury University campus.
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. There is now a Wikipedia page. The latest message from the Asbury University president. The revival meetings will no longer take place at […]
The MAGA evangelical revivalists are no longer silent about the Asbury Revival
Last week I wondered why the pro-Trump, Make America Great Again, Christian nationalist revivalists were not noticing the spiritual revival going on at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. These people believe that the United States was founded as a Christian […]
Does social media hurt college applications?
A recent Washington Post piece argues that Gen Z’s “digital footprints” will haunt them. Here is Tatum Hunter: Aly Drake says she used TikTok like a diary. When she felt friendless, she’d make a video about it. When she noticed […]
Nikki Haley’s campaign is “pointless”
Here’s Tom Nichols at The Atlantic. The video announcing Haley’s candidacy was as vapid and weightless a product as any in recent political memory. Of course, it checked all the right boxes: Family, devotion to public service, all the usual generic gloss, […]