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Gordon College

Michael Hammond is the next president of Gordon College

John Fea   |  April 23, 2021

More big news in the Christian college world. Last month we reported that Taylor University, a Christian college in Upland, Indiana, announced former Gordon College president Michael Lindsay as its new president. Today we learn that Michael Hammond, a historian...

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Michael Lindsay is the new president of Taylor University

John Fea   |  March 16, 2021

As a Taylor alum just told me, “I didn’t see that coming.” Lindsay just resigned as president of Gordon College, a similar evangelical college. This is big news in the Christian college world. Here is the Taylor press release Today...

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Gordon College president Michael Lindsay will step down

John Fea   |  November 17, 2020

This happened last month, but I just learned about it today. Here is The Salem News: Lindsay, 48, came to Gordon from Rice University, where he was a member of the sociology faculty. His early years at Gordon were marked by...

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Gordon College students hold a sit-in protest to call attention to a racist incident on campus

John Fea   |  November 12, 2020

On November 1, 2020, a pro-Black Lives Matter T-shirt sitting on a Gordon College residence hall laundry room table was defaced with a racist slur. Gordon is an evangelical liberal arts college in Wenham, Massachusetts. Michael Gryboski has the story...

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Thomas Howard, RIP

John Fea   |  October 17, 2020

Catholic writer Thomas Howard has died. When evangelicals of a certain age think about Howard several things may come to mind: He is the brother of Elisabeth Elliott, the husband of Jim Elliott, one of the evangelical missionaries killed by...

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Did you or your child benefit from a liberal arts or humanities education? Write a letter!

John Fea   |  September 25, 2020

The liberal arts and humanities are in jeopardy right now at colleges and universities. Schools are cutting programs and firing professors in these fields. Spring Arbor University in Michigan just canned one of its best professors. Liberty University and Southwest...

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What is the Difference Between Liberty University and Messiah College?

John Fea   |  February 8, 2020

Yesterday in my Created and Called for Community class at Messiah College we discussed different kinds of Christian colleges. We thought about the things a Christian college requires all faculty to affirm, the issues a Christian college “privileges” (but does...

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The History Major is Back at Gordon College

John Fea   |  October 28, 2019

I received this today from Gordon’s office of Marketing and External Relations: The Political Science, Philosophy and History departments will be merged into one administrative department, and all department faculty worked over the summer to revise their curriculum to better...

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Gordon College Gets a $75.5 Million Donation

John Fea   |  October 8, 2019

Will the Christian “liberal arts college” use the money to bring back the history major? It does not look like it. Here is a taste of Kate Shellnut’s reporting at Christianity Today: The historic investment in Gordon comes as the school...

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Ironically, Gordon College’s Vice President of Development Was a History Major

John Fea   |  May 19, 2019

If you are not up to speed on Gordon College‘s decision to end its history major (and a bunch of other majors) get up to speed here and here. It turns out that Gordon’s VP for Finance and Business Development...

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Gordon College at *Inside Higher Ed*

John Fea   |  May 16, 2019

I recently talked to Inside Higher Ed reporter Elizabeth Redden about the recent cuts at Gordon College.  Read the piece here....

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More Thoughts on Gordon College’s Decision to Drop the History Major

John Fea   |  May 11, 2019

I remain saddened at Gordon College’s decision to bring an end to its history major. We had some good discussion last night on my Facebook page.  Here are some of my random reflections: What strikes me is that Gordon College...

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Gordon College Will No Longer Have a History Major

John Fea   |  May 10, 2019

All Christian colleges are dealing with financial difficulties to one degree or another right now.  (And a significant number of non-Christian colleges are dealing with it as well).  Gordon College, a once flagship evangelical college in the Boston area, has...

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Why Evangelicals Struggle With Pluralism

John Fea   |  April 28, 2017

A small piece of my recent Franz Lecture at Gordon College: Despite all of the obituaries written about the death of the Christian Right, the “culture wars that were born in the 1980s are still raging.  Too many self-professed followers of...

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What is Happening at Gordon College?

John Fea   |  April 13, 2017

Earlier this week I visited Gordon College to deliver the 2017 Franz Lecture.  It was a great. albeit short, visit.  Gordon is a great place.  They have an outstanding history faculty and very bright students. I want to thank Steven...

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Heading to Gordon College

John Fea   |  April 7, 2017

On Monday afternoon I will be at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts to deliver the 2017 Franz Lecture.  My lecture is titled “Why Study History?”  The lecture is scheduled for 4:00 in Ken Olson Science Center on campus.  Learn more...

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On the Road in April (and Beyond?)

John Fea   |  March 25, 2017

My travel schedule this Spring has been light.  I have been enjoying teaching this semester and the students in my Pennsylvania History and United States History to 1865 courses have been excellent.  I have taken some time to tweak some...

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Christian Leaders Request a New Kind of Religious Exemption

John Fea   |  July 4, 2014

Let the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby floodgates open.  It was only a matter of time before other Christian organizations asked for religious exemptions based on issues unrelated to the Affordable Care Act. The first major exemption request comes from a group of...

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Going Upscale Tonight With Alumni From Gordon College’s Jerusalem and Athens Forum

John Fea   |  June 22, 2014

Union League of Philadelphia I took Amtrak into Philadelphia tonight to spend some time with alumni from Gordon College‘s honors program: Jerusalem and Athens Forum.  Tal Howard, a professor of history at Gordon, a prolific author, and the director of...

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