Over the years the Conference on Faith and History (CFH) has worked hard to cultivate relationships with secondary school history teachers. I have been honored over the years to be part of these initiatives and am thrilled to see this...
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The Conference on Faith and History secondary school teaching initiative is hosting a virtual panel this week
The Conference on Faith and History is sponsoring a virtual panel on secondary school history teaching this Friday, September 30. If you teach history feel free to join the conversation. More info below. More info: Paul Thompson will be hosting...
Episode 100: Christian Historians as Activists?
In this episode, our 100th, host John Fea redelivers his 2022 Conference on Faith and History presidential address. Listen at: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeartRadio Spotify Podchaser Podbean The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast is a product of Current. If you...
Are you registered for the biennial meeting of the Conference on Faith History?
As president of the Conference on Faith and History, I invite all of you to Baylor University in Waco, TX from March 31-April 2, 2022 for our biennial meeting. Lisa Diller of Southern Adventist University has put together a great...
THIS WEEK: The Conference of Faith and History AHA session on Eugene McCarraher’s The Enchantments of Mammon
Several scheduled sessions at this year’s annual meeting of the American Historical Association were moved to this week’s AHA22 Online conference. Each year the Conference on Faith and History sponsors a session at the AHA and due to COVID-19 related...
Conference on Faith and History postpones biennial conference
From CFH president Beth Allison Barr: Dear CFH community, We have not released registration for the Baylor conference because circumstances changed this week. Although Baylor University is doing well in regards to keeping COVID numbers lower, Central Texas is not. In...
Fides et Historia seeks a book review editor
Fides et Historia is the academic journal of the Conference on Faith and History. The book review editor is responsible for producing 20–25 book reviews per issue for two annual issues. There is a longer, featured review at the beginning...
Scholars respond to legislative efforts to restrict education about racism in American history.
I currently serve as Vice President of the Conference and Faith and History. (I become president in the Fall). I am proud to say that the Conference is one of the scholarly organizations who are condemning laws limiting teaching on...
This Christian devotional, written by historians, will make a great Christmas gift!
I am honored to have contributed to this amazing devotional. My Conference on Faith and History colleagues Chris Gehrz and Beth Allison Barr are the editors. Here is a description from Baylor University Press: Join over forty Christian historians as...
Why Os Guinness, Eric Metaxas, and David Barton are “dangerous”
Needless to say, I was glad to see Abram Van Engen of Washington University in St. Louis critique the way Os Guinness, Eric Metaxas, and David Barton are manipulating the American past. I also appreciate his shoutout to the Conference...
Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History Delayed Until 2021
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CALL FOR PAPERS EXTENDED: Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History
The new deadline is May 1, 2020 for both the professional conference and the undergraduate conference. More details about the conference can be found here....
Call for Papers: Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History
See below. I should add that I have not decided yet on the title of my presidential address. I will not be speaking on Believe Me. –JF Call for Papers, Conference on Faith and History Protest, Resistance and Transformation: Agents of...
Conference of Faith and History Events Today
The Conference on Faith and History is sponsoring several events today at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association. This morning at 8:30 the Conference will host its annual breakfast reception. There is no program for this event. Stop...
Let the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association Begin!
Thousands of historians have converged on New York City this week for the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association (and other history-related meetings). I arrived in New York this afternoon, checked into my hotel, and headed straight to 30...
News from the Conference on Faith and History!
As Vice-President of the Conference on Faith and History, I want to share some news. FIRST, WE HAVE 2020 CONFERENCE DATES! The CFH Biennial Meeting will take place October 7-October 10 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The Program will...
The Conference on Faith and History Is Looking for a Social Media Coordinator (Paid Position)
The Conference on Faith and History is seeking a Social Media Coordinator. The Social Media Coordinator will work with CFH’s secretaries to communicate to the membership, expand the conference’s social media presence, and empower the CFH’s member historians to...
Do You Want To Know What Christian Colleges Are All About?
Watch this video from the Coalition for Christian Colleges & Universities: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vnWXWCKyTw&w=560&h=315] Needless to say, I am thrilled to see Messiah College president Kim Phipps featured in this video along with Shirley Mullen, president of Houghton College and a...
The Many Evangelicalisms
Over at the Christian Post, Michael Gryboski reports on a recent session at the American Historical Association (sponsored by the Conference on Faith and History) on race and the meaning of American evangelicalism. Some of you may recall that Matt Lakemacher...
Watch the Plenary Lectures from the 2018 Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History
The biennial meeting of the Conference on Faith and History took place on October 3-6, 2018. I am honored to have served as the program chair for the meeting. Lectures by Margaret Bendroth, Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, Beth Allison Barr, and Jemar...