Looking forward to heading out to Boston in the morning to attend the Conference on Faith and History. The conference doesn't start till Thursday, so that will give me some time to do a little hiking on the AT near Washington in western Massachusetts.
The theme this year is "Cultural Change and Adaptation." As I look over the papers being presented, I am especially excited to hear--
Amber Thomas on postwar American evangelicalism as "therapeutic theodicy and personalized providence"
Miles Mullin on evangelicalism's search for a theology of social engagement
Mike Kugler on Voltaire, Olaudah Equiano and the question of the necessity of evil for God's sovereignty
Nick Pruitt on James Madison and the Virginia Baptists
Eric Brandt on the religious uses of liberty in the Revolution
Jonathan Riddle on the "high church alternative to Christian republicanism"
Rachel Love Monroy on theology, history, and Native Americans in New England missionary accounts
John Scott on the Moravian settlement of Georgia
Andrea Turpin on secularization in the history of higher education
Rondall Reynoso on Bob Jones University in the mid 20th century
Kenneth Minkema on Cotton Mather and the biblical Historical books
Glenn Sanders on knowledge and providence in teaching history to undergrads
Christopher Graham on discipline and evangelical sensibility in antebellum North Carolina
Matt Cromwell on American religious patriotism leading up to World War I
T. J. Tomlin on popular culture and religious authority in early America
Mark Noll is the plenary speaker, who will be speaking on Saturday from 12 to 1.
I'll be presenting a paper entitled "An Historical Overview and Theological Critique of American Exceptionalism," and it will be presented in a panel with papers on disestablishment and Pentecostalism. Should be a great deal of fun! I'll be tweeting the conference. Follow me--@DrJDWilsey
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