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