As a descendant of Moravian settlers in Lititz, PA, I made sure not to miss the presentation of the 2010 The Dale W. Brown Book Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies to Katherine Carté Engel (Assistant Professor of History, Texas A&M) for Religion and Profit: Moravians in Early America (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009). I greatly appreciated her challenging lecture and the opportunity afterward to chat with her on “God in America”, the general inability of radical Christian … [Read more...] about Rebirth of Peacemaking in a Much Different Context
Church of the Brethren
PeaceMaking Falls in the Face of Military Conflict
As you may remember from No football. Campus tradition rooted in peace-making, I've been working on a Theology of the Church paper exploring how Elizabethtown College, founded to keep youth within the Church of the Brethren, fared in teaching denominational doctrine and way of life. In the earlier post, I shared how no football embodied the Church of the Brethren way of life. How well did peacemaking extend beyond no football, particularly in the face of 20th century military engagements? How well has your campus … [Read more...] about PeaceMaking Falls in the Face of Military Conflict
No football. Campus tradition rooted in peace-making
Preface I'm surrounded by Elizabethtown College campus records checked out from High Library. Why? I'm writing a paper for a Brethren in Christ Core Class on The Theology of the Church (taught by Terry Brensinger) which will explore how well a college founded to keep youth within the Church of the Brethren fared in teaching denominational doctrine and way of life. In some ways I'm inspired by George Marsden's The Soul of the American University: From Protestant Establishment to Established Nonbelief, but … [Read more...] about No football. Campus tradition rooted in peace-making