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Conference on Faith and History

Episode 100: Christian Historians as Activists?

John Fea   |  April 24, 2022

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?

John Fea   |  February 24, 2022

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

John Fea   |  February 21, 2022

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

John Fea   |  September 4, 2021

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

John Fea   |  June 24, 2021

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.

John Fea   |  June 16, 2021

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!

John Fea   |  November 18, 2020

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”

John Fea   |  July 24, 2020

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

John Fea   |  April 30, 2020

More here....

CALL FOR PAPERS EXTENDED: Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History

John Fea   |  March 14, 2020

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

John Fea   |  January 24, 2020

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

John Fea   |  January 4, 2020

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!

John Fea   |  January 3, 2020

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!

John Fea   |  November 13, 2019

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)

John Fea   |  September 24, 2019

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?

John Fea   |  January 26, 2019

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

John Fea   |  January 10, 2019

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

John Fea   |  October 30, 2018

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...

In Defense of Empathy

John Fea   |  October 17, 2018

In a recent post at The Anxious Bench, Elesha Coffman of Baylor University asks, “Why was [Robert] Orsi, whose scholarly home is the American Academy of Religion, giving a plenary at the C[onference on] F[aith and H[istory]?” As the person who...

A Trump Rally Reunion!

John Fea   |  October 9, 2018

Some of you may remember that Donald Trump rudely interrupted the 2016 meeting of the Conference and Faith.  He staged a rally on the last day of the conference and he never apologized for it! 🙂  Get up to speed...

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