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Lecturer – Department of Religion, Baylor University
The Department of Religion at Baylor University seeks to fill a full-time (non-tenure track) position at the rank of Lecturer to start August 1, 2024. The person hired will teach introductory courses in Christian Scriptures and Christian Heritage. Some teaching experience is preferred. The successful candidate will hold a Ph.D., Th.D., or D.Phil. and be active in…
Read MoreConference CFP – The Apostolic Ministry
Conference: “The Apostolic Ministry”: History, Theology, and Ecumenism Host: Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University Dates: October 26–27, 2023 Submissions Due: July 14, 2023 Paper proposals are invited for a conference on the theme of the “apostolic ministry.” This two-day conference will explore the ways in which churches claim “apostolicity,” and what this ideal means…
Read MoreEvent of Interest and CFP – International Conference on Baptist Studies (ICOBS)
International Conference on Baptist Studies X Theme: Baptists and Education Westminster College, Cambridge, United Kingdom August 7 – 10, 2024 International Conferences on Baptist Studies have been held on a three-yearly basis since the first,hosted by Regent’s Park College, Oxford, in 1997. They have taken place at institutions in Australia,Canada, the Czech Republic, England and…
Read MoreRoundtable on Mark Noll’s “America’s Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794-1911” (4/17/23)
Join us on April 17, 2023 for a roundtable discussion of Mark Noll’s new book, “America’s Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794-1911,” which examines the Bible in American History from the Revolutionary war to WWI. Our chair for the evening will be Grant Wacker, professor emeritus at Duke University. Mark Noll,…
Read MoreSpring Workshop – Archives and Nobility: History and Arts in the Archives of the Great Noble Roman Families
Period: May 22 -26, 2023 Deadline for Application: March 31, 2023 DescriptionThe Sangalli Institute for the religious history and cultures of Florence is pleased to announce its first international workshop on the archives of the noble Roman families, which will be held in Rome from 22nd to 26th, May 2023. This workshop is addressed to…
Read MoreWestminster Confessions at 375: Historical Reflections and Contemporary Relevance (10/20/22)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 20223-5 pm (Boston) // 8-10 pm (London) Created upon the request of the English Parliament by “learned, godly, and judicious Divines” convened at Westminster Abbey, the Westminster Confession of Faith has had a remarkable influence within Protestantism over the 375 years since its adoption. In commemoration of this important anniversary, the Congregational…
Read MoreCall for Contributions – “Religions,” Special Issue on World Christianity
The journal, Religions, is seeking article submissions for a special issue on the topic of “World Christianity in History and in Culture.” Submission Deadline: September 30, 2022 Description Woven together like finely crafted fabric, world Christianity, history, and culture are always tightly interlaced. Historians realize that all Christians exist in a dynamic web of cultural and…
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 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 MoreVirtual Issue (2020): “Looking Forward, Looking Back: Christianity in Latin America and the Caribbean
In this inaugural virtual issue, Christina Davidson’s article “Redeeming Santo Domingo: North Atlantic Missionaries and the Racial Conversion of a Nation,” winner of the American Society of Church History’s annual Sidney E. Mead Prize and published in our March 2020 issue, offers an opportunity to revisit the journal’s scholarship on the Caribbean and Latin America.…
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