Richard L. Kagan is Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor Emeritus and Academy Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. This interview is based on his new book, The Inquisition’s Inquisitor: Henry Charles Lea of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024). JF: What […]
Philadelphia history
American Bible Society closes its $60 million museum
American Bible Society (ABS) spent a lot of time and money to build the Faith and Liberty Discovery Center (FLDC). I was present at the first content planning meeting for this museum. During that meeting, the ABS planners believed that […]
What is happening at Philadelphia’s historic 10th Presbyterian Church?
I have never visited 10th Presbyterian Church. I’ve only had a couple of connections to the congregation. When we were working at The Stony Brook School, an evangelical boarding school on Long Island, 10th Presbyterian pastor James Montgomery Boice helped […]
It looks like Philadelphia’s Atwater Kent Collection is going to Drexel University
Students of early America are familiar with the Atwater Kent Collection, some of which was on display in the now-closed Philadelphia History Museum. It now looks like the entire collection will be moving to Drexel University. Here is a taste […]