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🎄 There's still plenty of time to order and enjoy "Advent Homilies"
17 seasonal sermons from St. Augustine.
Also available on Kindle!
At @AdFontes Journal I have a short piece up on the religious thought of 19th Century French statesman François Guizot. Its an outgrowth of my next project with @davenantinstitute.bsky.social. adfontesjournal.com/miles-smith/...
When he shows up in Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift that’s when the movie starts heating up
🎄 Advent is underway, but it's not too late to start reading Augustine's "Advent Homilies"!
With a foreword by Fred Sanders, this collection of 17 short sermons is perfect for this season.
Get it now, in print or on Kindle:
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"How Religious Were the Founders?" - I'll be one of the panelists for this @ConstitutionCtr event tomorrow night, with @VPhillipMunoz and Jane Calvert. More info and register: constitutioncenter.org/calendar/how...
☘️ What was Celtic Christianity actually like?
Find out next term at Davenant Hall with @mjjhoskin.bsky.social
Register for class before December 30!
Read the Erskine Caldwell too
Have you read "Religion & Republic" yet?
Amid endless debates about Christian nationalism, @ivmiles.bsky.social puts forward a fresh theory of the American founding.
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I wrote a book on Christian America in the 19th Century, *Religion and Republic* from @davenantinstitute.bsky.social. It has a beautiful cover, and is a good Thanksgiving gift for those who are grateful for American religious liberties!
www.amazon.com/Religion-Rep...
🎄 Pastors are loving "Advent Homilies"
Why not enrich your Christmas preaching by absorbing these 17 sermons from St. Augustine?
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The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe by James Belich
So pleased to see James Belich’s The World the Plague Made recommended by @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social in @financialtimes.com! Read more: hubs.ly/Q02ZJ_vS0
🧠 Should Christians learn philosophy?
For 2000 years the church has said "yes!"
Join Dr. Joseph Minich at Davenant Hall next term for a survey of how Christians use philosophy for theology.
Register by December 30.
This Commonwealth Essay from John Ehrett at @davenantinstitute.bsky.social is worth your time.
adfontesjournal.com/web-exclusiv...
⛪ Is there such a thing as a Protestant Christendom?
Yes, yes there is.
And we wrote a book about it.
Read it now!
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Women have always been a little more religious than men. That changed with those under 40.
Now we see women are more likely to be evangelical.
Men are more likely to be Catholic.
Men are much more likely to be atheists, as well.
www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/a-deeper-d...
This fantastic review from Michael Lucchese of Ephraim Radner’s wonderful *Mortal Goods* at Acton is excellent and worth your time. rlo.acton.org/archives/126...
Marriage; 10/10; top shelf; highly recommend…
✊ The truth about God's grace must be fought for in every age.
That's exactly what the Synod of Dort was.
Read the story of Dort in "Grace Worth Fighting For" by Danny Hyde.
Some personal news…
🎄 Just over 1 week until Advent starts!
Be sure to get Augustine's "Advent Homilies" before it starts!
Part of the holiness of God means he is this particular God, the Holy One of Israel, who has acted in particular ways in history like the exodus and the exile. And he’s spoken in particular ways as in the 10 Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount. much harder to put words into his mouth.
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If you’re at ETS and looking for a serious book on Christianity and the American Republican in the 19 century, Head over to the @davenantinstitute.bsky.social booth and check out *Religion and Republic,* if for no other reason than it has a pretty cover.
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📘 Have you read "Protestant Social Teaching"?
12 chapters presenting a coherent, historic Protestant response to issues like war, government, abortion, tax, and more.
Get it now.
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📚 Fan of Jane Austen?
Join us next term at Davenant Hall to study "Jane Austen's Philosophy of Virtue"
10 wks, 2 hr Zoom p/wk, from just $225.
BYU and Miami with nearly identical resumes on paper. Yet Miami loses and drops from 4 to 9 last week, while BYU loses and drops from 6 to 14.
Race, religion, and republic in Melville’s *Redburn.* some thoughts at @davenantinstitute.bsky.social.
adfontesjournal.com/miles-smith/...