English royalty

“I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love”

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The prep for my “Age of Hamilton” course is going fine.  It is scheduled to run in Fall 2019.  I am currently working on an interpretation of these songs: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NOjkmkanrc&w=560&h=315] I am finding Brendan McConnville’s The King’s Three Faces: The...

Evangelicals and Bishop Michael Curry’s Sermon at the Royal Wedding

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Chris Gerhz of Pietist Schoolman fame reflects on the evangelical response (or lack thereof) to Curry’s sermon.  Here is a taste of his piece: Did leading evangelicals pointedly ignore the sermon preached at Saturday’s royal wedding, by Episcopal Church presiding bishop Michael Curry? One...

Randall Balmer on Bishop Michael Curry

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This past weekend we did a quick post on Bishop Michael Curry’s sermon at the royal wedding.  Yesterday at The Washington Post, American religious historian Randall Balmer offers a more extended take on the sermon.  Here is a taste: Curry, a...

Reverend Michael Curry Stole the Show at Today’s Royal Wedding

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTMWJU9Nafk&w=560&h=315] I finally got a chance to watch Rev. Michael Curry‘s sermon at this morning’s royal wedding.  Wow! The message itself was not particularly groundbreaking, but the occasion made it more powerful than it would have been if Curry...