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Why We Need to Stop Trying to Identify “True” Islam
Recent months have seen increased coverage of Muslim radicals in the Middle East, presidential statements about what is and what is not “real” Islam, and new articles on where groups like ISIS fit in...
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Becoming Grace… Now Available for Preorder!
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I have been co-editing a book on the history of Grace College and Theological Seminary and now I am happy to announce that Becoming Grace: Seventy-Five Years on the...
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How to Spark Islamic Revolution
As I mentioned in a former post, I just wrapped up a class on the history and politics of the Middle East, a class I have taught for a number of years now. One of its goals is for students to wrestle...
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Recent Conversations on Evangelicalism and Pietist-Anabaptist Identity
Recently, I had the opportunity to travel to Bridgewater College, which is located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, just outside Harrisonburg, Virginia. The occasion, spearheaded by Steve...
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Grant Wacker on Billy Graham: Cushwa’s Spring Seminar
Duke Divinity School historian Grant Wacker’s new book on Billy Graham was the focus of this spring’s Cushwa Center Seminar in American Religion at the University of Notre Dame, which met this past...
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Jeff Bach on Becoming Grace
Last month I posted an excerpt from Shirley Mullen’s foreword to Becoming Grace, a volume I helped to edit about the history of Grace College and Theological Seminary. Today I offer the book’s second...
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Why you’ll be interested in our new book about Grace College and Seminary
A 1941 broadside helped to raise funds for the seminary building that became McClain Hall. Its here! Even if you don’t have any personal connection with Grace College or Seminary, there are lots of...
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How Peacemaking Helps Frame the Context of Anabaptism, Sexuality, and Higher...
The first of two guest posts this week comes from our friend Jared Burkholder, chair of the History and Political Science Department at Grace College. The rhetoric that has surrounded the recent...
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There’s Nothing New about the Moral Dilemmas Raised by Violence… Just ask...
Today I’m happy to welcome Grace College professor Jared Burkholder back to the blog for a timely guest-post. With shootings in Michigan, Kansas, and Washington this past week, we are again confronted...
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An Open Letter to the Bartons
From our friend and occasional guest-blogger Jared Burkholder, associate professor of history at Grace College (IN)… Dear David (and now Tim) Barton, Maybe you can clarify something for me. Why do you...
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