Category Archives: History

Book Write-Up: Reformation Women

Posted on June 30, 2017 by

Rebecca VanDoodewaard.  Reformation Women: Sixteenth-Century Figures Who Shaped Christianity’s Rebirth.  Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2017.  See here to purchase the book. As the title indicates, this book is about sixteenth century Protestant women who contributed to the Protestant Reformation.  … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: The People’s Book

Posted on June 19, 2017 by

Jennifer Powell McNutt and David Lauber, ed.  The People’s Book: The Reformation and the Bible.  IVP Academic, 2017.  See here to purchase the book. As the title indicates, this book is about the Protestant Reformation and the Bible.  It consists … Continue reading →

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Eerdword: Robert E. Lee, Slavery, and the Problem of Providence

Posted on May 19, 2017 by

http://eerdword.com/2017/05/18/robert-e-lee-slavery-and-the-problem-of-providence/

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Book Write-Up: The Gods of Olympus, by Barbara Graziosi

Posted on April 1, 2017 by

Barbara Graziosi.  The Gods of Olympus: A History.  New York: Metropolitan Books, 2014.  See here to purchase the book. Barbara Graziosi is a scholar in classics.  The Gods of Olympus concerns views about the Greek gods throughout history. Here are … Continue reading →

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Current Events Write-Up: Trade, Milo, Media, Health Care, DeVos, Alan Colmes, the Progressive Pro-Lifers, and More

Posted on February 24, 2017 by

Time for my weekly Current Events Write-Up, in which I link to news and opinion pieces and comment on them. Dallas News: The first casualties of Trump’s trade wars are Texas cattle ranchers, by Richard Parker. “Free trade” has its … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: The Making of American Liberal Theology (1805-1900)

Posted on February 16, 2017 by

Gary Dorrien.  The Making of American Liberal Theology: Imagining Progressive Religion (1805-1900).  Louisville, London: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001.  See here to purchase the book. Gary Dorrien taught at Kalamazoo College when he wrote this book.  This book is the … Continue reading →

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Current Events Write-Up: Premiums and Cancer Patients, Prophet Johnson on Trump, the UN, MLK on Planned Parenthood, and the Other Gettysburg Address

Posted on January 20, 2017 by

Time for another Current Events Write-Up, in which I link to news and opinion pieces and comment on them. Health Care I’d like to use as my starting-point Jason Easley’s article for PoliticusUSA, entitled “Paul Ryan’s Obamacare Replacement Is a … Continue reading →

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