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Faculty Position, History of Christianity – Regent College
Regent College invites applications for a one-year faculty position in the History of Christianity to begin August 1, 2022. Regent is a graduate school of Theology in the evangelical tradition. Advanced study of the history of Christianity is a core component of our curriculum and Regent has a well-established history of excellence in historical scholarship.…
Read MoreCall for Partners – Summer Internship Program, Lepage Center, Villanova University
Summer Internship Program2022 Call for PartnersDeadline: Jan. 15, 2022 The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University is soliciting institutional partners to host interns during the summer of 2022. The Lepage Center will fund Villanova undergraduate and graduate students to work on history projects aimed at serving the public interest.…
Read MoreInterview with Dr. Christopher Bonura – 2020 Mead Prize Recipient
In this interview, we sat down with Dr. Christopher Bonura (PhD, UC Berkley) to discuss his recent Church History article, “Eusebius of Caesarea, the Roman Empire, and the Fulfillment of Biblical Prophecy: Reassessing Byzantine Imperial Eschatology in the Age of Constantine.” For this paper, Dr. Bonura received ASCH’s 2020 Mead Prize, which is granted to…
Read MoreTenure Track Professor, History – Asbury University
Assistant or Associate Professor of History – Asbury University, Wilmore, KY Description: The Department of History and Social Sciences invites applicants with expertise in non-Western fields, digital humanities, or public history. Responsibilities: Teach twenty-four credit hours (introductory and upper-level courses) in an academic year, primarily in face-to-face but occasionally in online modalities; contribute scholarship in…
Read MoreCall for Papers – Ecclesiastical History Society, 2022 Winter Meeting
Overview Theme: Churches and Rites of Passage Date: Saturday 15 January 2022 Modality: Online via Zoom How have the rituals which the Churches evolved to mark key points in the lifecycle developed over time, and how have people’s perceptions of them changed? This theme is intended to prompt sustained reflection on the historical development of rites…
Read MoreRoundtable Discussion of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s “The Black Church” (9/30/2021)
Thursday, September 30, 2021 8:00 PM EST (7:00 PM CST; 6:00 PM MST; 5:00 PM PST) Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s PBS documentary, The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song, plus its accompanying Penguin Press book, reached an unprecedentedly large audience as it surveyed three-plus centuries of African American and American religious…
Read More2022 Winter Meeting Changed to New Orleans (January 2022)
ASCH 2022 will meet January 6-9 in New Orleans, rather than in Austin, TX in March, 2022, as previously scheduled. We are excited for this change, which puts our annual meeting back alongside that of the American Historical Society, as well as bringing several other financial and program benefits for our membership. Why Did We Make This Decision?…
Read MoreOnline Book Forum: “God in Gotham: The Miracle of Religion in Modern Manhattan” by Jon Butler (1/13/2021)
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 8:00 – 9:30 PM EST (7:00 – 8:30 PM CST) In the lead-up to the ASCH 2021 Virtual Winter Meeting, ASCH and the University of Minnesota History Book Club are pleased to co-host an online discussion of Jon Butler’s new book, God in Gotham. Butler’s work traces the flourishing of organized…
Read MoreCall for Contributors: “Christians in the City” Book Series
Dyron Daughrity of Pepperdine University has announced a new 25-book series with Bloomsbury Academic titled Christians in the City: Studies in Contemporary Global Christianity. This series is intended to contribute to the growing body of scholarship on world Christianity, lived religion, material religion, urban studies, and globalization as it engages people on the ground in…
Read MoreLake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship – Due 1/15/22
The Lake Institute on Faith & Giving is accepting applications for the 2022-2023 Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. The Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship supports a PhD student’s last year of dissertation research that engages with issues of religion & philanthropy or faith & giving. Applicants representing all fields of study are encouraged to apply. This fellowship…
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