Theologian and church historian Donald W. Dayton has died. While I was a student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School pursuing an M.A. in American church history, I … [Read more...] about Remembering Donald Dayton
historiography of American evangelicalism
The Four Phases of American Protestant Fundamentalism
About twenty-two years ago I published an article on the history of American Protestant fundamentalism in Trinity Journal, the theological journal of Trinity … [Read more...] about The Four Phases of American Protestant Fundamentalism
The Anabaptist Turn in American Evangelical Historiography
In some respects we are all Anabaptists these days--at least those of us who are bothered by the way politicians tend to conflate the church and the United States of … [Read more...] about The Anabaptist Turn in American Evangelical Historiography
Evangelicalism and the "Third Great Awakening"
Over at The American Interest Crawford Gribbon of Queens University, Belfast has written a nice little historiographical essay on American evangelicalism set in the … [Read more...] about Evangelicalism and the "Third Great Awakening"
Virtual Office Hours: Fall 2014 – Episode 1
We're back with a brand new season of the Virtual Office Hours! This semester we will be walking through my History of American Evangelicalism class at Messiah College … [Read more...] about Virtual Office Hours: Fall 2014 – Episode 1
New Course: History of American Evangelicalism
This Fall I will be teaching a course on the History of American Evangelicalism. This is my first attempt at teaching a course of this nature and I am in the process … [Read more...] about New Course: History of American Evangelicalism