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Review: Corinth In Late Antiquity: A Greek, Roman, And Christian City, By Amelia R. Brown, David Pettegrew

History Educator Scholarship

There are few urban centers so rich in late antique archaeology as Corinth, the city near the Isthmus of Greece. Excavations there since  by staff and students of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens have generated an enormous corpus of information related to the Roman forum and its surroundings. Other major projects in the region carried out by Greeks and Americans especially have shed light on Corinth’s harbors, Isthmian sanctuary, fortifications, Christian basilicas, and rural sites and villas. Collectively, archaeology has produced such rich evidence for Late Antiquity in this region that a barrage of specialized studies …

Using The Past To "Save" Our Nation: The Debate Over Christian America, John Fea

History Educator Scholarship

The article examines the widespread cultural debate in the U.S. regarding whether or not the country was founded as a Christian nation. The author charts the development of right-wing Christian nationalism in the U.S., which sees the country as essentially Christian in origin, noting their belief in American exceptionalism, anti-historical revisionist stance, and belief in the Christian identity of many Founding Fathers. She goes on to argue that many founders actually supported the separation of church and state despite their Christian beliefs, and notes that applying 20th and 21st century religious ideals to the founding moment is anachronistic and erroneous. …

'From Your Loving Isaac': A Nineteenth-Century Courtship, Beth Mark

Library Staff Presentations & Publications

For sixty years a packet of late nineteenth-century love letters were stored away in the attic of the Isaac Swalm farm near Duntroon, Ontario. The letters and a photograph, discovered by Isaac's son, Ernest John (E.J.) Swalm, were written by Isaac to his first love, Minnie Kelly.

These very personal letters of love and faith provide an intimate look at a young man, newly converted to the Brethren in Christ, who is trying to explain his conversion and "plain" lifestyle to his beloved (but Presbyterian) Minnie Kelly. The correspondence is a blend of typical love letters, including declarations of hope …

Robert Boyle’S Religious Life, Attitudes, And Vocation, Edward B. Davis

Biology Educator Scholarship

Robert Boyle is an outstanding example of a Christian scientist whose faith interacted fundamentally with his science. His remarkable piety was the driving force behind his interest in science and his Christian character shaped the ways in which he conducted his scientific life. A deep love for scripture, coupled ironically with a lifelong struggle with religious doubt, led him to write several important books relating scientific and religious knowledge. Ultimately, he was attracted to the mechanical philosophy because he thought it was theologically superior to traditional Aristotelian natural philosophy: by denying the existence of a quasi-divine ‘Nature’ that functioned as …

Maggie Leah Steckley Swalm: A Teacher Of Good Things, Beth Mark, Louann Swalm Walker

Library Staff Presentations & Publications

Maggie Leah Steckley Swalm was born March 6, 1895 in Whitchurch Township near Stouffville, Ontario. She was the eighth children of fourteen. Her father was Bishop Peter Steckley. In January of 1920, Maggie married E.J. Swalm and moved to the farm at Duntrron where she resided until her death on April 15, 1984.

This article appeared in a somewhat shorter form in the third book of Canadian Brethren in Christ biographies, released in August 2006.

The Way Of Improvement Leads Home: Philips Vickers Fithian’S Rural Enlightenment, John Fea

History Educator Scholarship

Offers a look at the life of Philip Vickers Fithian, a diarist from southern New Jersey, in an effort to assess the influence of the Enlightenment in the British American colonies. Profile of Fithian; His perception on personal morality and behavior; Political and social issues tackled in his journal; Efforts to reconcile the pursuit of Enlightenment self-improvement with passion and love for home.

Evangelical Visitor - November/December, 1999 Vol. 112. No. 6, Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - September/October, 1999 Vol. 112. No. 5, Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - May/June, 1999 Vol. 112. No. 3, Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - March/April 1999 Mcc Annual Report, Glen A. Pierce

Evangelical Visitor (1887-1999)

Mennonite Central Committee Annual Report included in the March/April 1999 edition of the Evangelical Visitor publication.

Evangelical Visitor - March/April, 1999 Vol. 112. No. 2, Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - January/February 1999 Vol. 112. No. 1, Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - December, 1998 Vol. 111. No. 12, Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - November, 1998 Vol. 111. No. 11, Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - October, 1998 Vol. 111. No. 10, Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - September, 1998 Vol. 111. No. 9, Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - August, 1998 Vol. 111. No. 8, Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - May, 1998 Vol. 111. No. 5, Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - April, 1998 Vol. 111. No. 4, Glen A. Pierce

Evangelical Visitor (1887-1999)

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Evangelical Visitor - March, 1998 Mcc Annual Report, Glen A. Pierce

Evangelical Visitor (1887-1999)

Mennonite Central Committee Annual Report included in the March 1998 edition of the Evangelical Visitor publication.

Evangelical Visitor - March, 1998 Vol. 111. No. 3, Glen A. Pierce

Evangelical Visitor (1887-1999)

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Evangelical Visitor - February, 1998 Vol. 111. No. 2, Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - January, 1998 Vol. 111. No. 1., Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - December, 1997 Vol. 110. No. 12., Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - November, 1997 Vol. 110. No. 11., Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - October, 1997 Vol. 110. No. 10., Glen A. Pierce

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Evangelical Visitor - September, 1997 Vol. 110. No. 9., Glen A. Pierce

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