Archive for May, 2011
On My Mind – Gerald Hawthorne
Monday, May 23rd, 2011Twenty years ago, the Wheaton Alumni magazine began a series of articles in which Wheaton faculty told about their thinking, their research, or their favorite books and people. Professor of Greek Emeritus Gerald Hawthorne (who taught at Wheaton from 1953-1995) was featured in the June/July 1991 issue. 1951. Years ago, now. More than half the [...]
Judgment Day
Friday, May 20th, 2011It is said that tomorrow, May 21, 2011 is Judgment Day. Billboards around America have declared that the end is near and that Christ will return. Over the course of the subsequent five months the earth will be destroyed. In the history of American religion this is not a new tale or theology. It has [...]
“God’s Own Party” published from work in the Special Collections
Sunday, May 15th, 2011Though many may see the rise of the Religious Right and the engagement of evangelicals in the political sphere as a recent happening, Daniel Williams’ assiduously-researched book, God’s Own Party: the making of the Christian Right, published by Oxford University Press, reveals that its roots go back to the 1920s and 1930s. Williams, assistant professor [...]
What Wheaton College Did for Me: Raymond H. Crawford
Friday, May 13th, 2011This installment of “What Wheaton College Did for Me” by Raymond H. Crawford ’40 appeared in the June, 1966, Wheaton Alumni magazine. He was pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Netcong, NJ, and edited a weekly newspaper. Naturally I want to say it all; obviously I cannot. Some day I may. The long and remarkable [...]
On My Mind – Bruce Howard
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011Twenty years ago, the Wheaton Alumni magazine began a series of articles in which Wheaton faculty told about their thinking, their research, or their favorite books and people. Professor of Business and Economics Bruce Howard was featured in the Summer 1993 issue. Depending on who you listen to, the U.S. economy is poised for recovery, [...]
“Hearts Beating for Liberty” helps tell the story of Mary Blanchard
Monday, May 2nd, 2011The influence and story of Mary Bent Blanchard’s life is, unfortunately, left largely untold. However, Stacey Robertson’s recent book “Hearts Beating for Liberty: women abolitionists in the Old Northwest” helps place Mary’s life into context with other activist women of her day. Robertson’s book challenges many of the traditional histories of abolition that often portray [...]