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Download or Stream this Episode Join us for the first episode of “Sectarian Seconds,” a new series of occasional mini-episodes for Sectarian Review listeners. Listen as Danny interviews and profiles…
Today Mark, Sam, and I return from our spring break with the first of six proposals for how a revival of the Pietist ethos can benefit Christianity early in the…
Every culture has its own false gods, and I don’t think it’ll be controversial if I say that one of ours is productivity. Right back to Benjamin Franklin, Americans have…
Download or Stream this Episode David Grubbs and Nathan Gilmour talk about two texts from the ancient missionary, his Confession and his Epistle to Coroticus. The conversation also ranges into modern St. Patrick’s…
With all due respect to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Garrison Keillor, the Twin Cities’ most notable literary export is probably Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the beloved comic strip…
Download or Stream this Episode Michial Farmer leads Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs in a discussion of the Hebrew patriarch Joseph.
Download or Stream this Episode Charles Hackney Interviews Heather Vacek about her recent book Madness: American Protestant Responses to Mental Illness.
Download or Stream this Episode David Grubbs leads a discussion with Michial Farmer and Danny Anderson about Lionel Trilling’s 1961 essay “On the Teaching of Modern Literature.”
Download or Stream this Episode As the world around us becomes increasingly polluted, as its natural resources become increasingly depleted, as climate change continues to progress, largely unabated, scientists warn…
If we consult the Holy Scriptures we can have no doubt that God promised his church here on earth a better state than this. Philipp Jakob Spener (1675) Given all…
Nathan Gilmour talks to Michial Farmer and David Grubbs about the American Pastime.
Download or Stream this Episode Danny Anderson throws down on praise movies, films with an express aim to save souls and galvanize evangelicals against an unclean culture, with Todd Pedlar…
Michial Farmer leads David Grubbs and Nathan Gilmour in a discussion of Arthur Miller’s 1947 play All My Sons.
Mark, Sam, and I had expected to be recording the next episode of The Pietist Schoolman Podcast right about now, but we’ve decided to postpone for a week our discussion of why Pietists —…