Background… The Rise of – and Split within – Evangelical Feminism 6 Feb 2025 In 1987 former Bethel College professors Wayne Grudem and John Piper co-founded the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. According to its website, CBMW was established primarily to help the…
Background Women at the History Center 22 Nov 20249 Dec 2024 Since I've spent a lot of time in the archives this month, I thought I'd end the week by sharing some glimpses of how women show up at what's called…
Background… Should a Man Be Writing a Women’s History of Bethel? 31 Oct 2024 As soon as I announced my sabbatical project last spring, an otherwise supportive friend asked a question I haven't been able to shake: "You will be interpreting as a male.…
Background… How Do I Write History to Which I’m an Eyewitness? 17 Oct 20249 Dec 2024 I'm back from some sabbatical travels in Illinois and Alabama and ready to start writing again. I'll have new material here next week, but first something I had meant to…
Background… Why Blog First? 3 Sep 2024 So why use this site as a blog, when it will eventually turn into a more polished digital project? Why should a historian write in such an informal fashion, sometimes…
Background Why a Women’s History of Bethel University? 26 Aug 202426 Aug 2024 Why am I spending the fall of 2024 researching the women's history of Bethel University? Here's how I explained my latest sabbatical project in a post written earlier this year.…
The Women of Bethel 