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Silent Voices: The Missing Historiography Of Soviet Evangelicalism, Abigail Coker
Silent Voices: The Missing Historiography Of Soviet Evangelicalism, Abigail Coker
Montview Journal of Research & Scholarship
The historiography of Soviet evangelicalism has suffered from both lack of attention and lack of detail-oriented, scholarly research. These failings are not surprising, considering the limitations exerted by the Cold War and the nature of the Soviet system. From the 1920s to the 1990s, the primary limitation to research of Soviet evangelicalism lay in the creation of and access to primary sources. This lack of primary sources, combined with the incautious use of government sources, marks the early works on Soviet religion. Indeed, the problem of sources was not entirely resolved until the 1980s and 1990s, when Gorbachev’s liberalization measures …
Religion And Morality: The Forgotten Lesson Of George Washington's Farewell Address, Kenneth P. Schell
Religion And Morality: The Forgotten Lesson Of George Washington's Farewell Address, Kenneth P. Schell
Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History
This paper attempts to show that there is a forgotten lesson of religion and morality found in Washington’s Farewell Address. Like many of the Founders, George Washington believed that a government established as a republic could only stand if the people were virtuous. The works of many modern historians use a traditional two lesson narrative to explain the significance of Washington’s Farewell Address. The lesson is that the nation should be wary of entangling political alliances and the growing spirit of political factions. However, Washington put forth a third lesson that should be included when discussing Washington’s Farwell Address, that …