History in English Words by Owen Barfield My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a preeminently readable book of etymology, written by Owen Barfield, friend of C.S. Lewis. This book is not just an isolated series of word histories, but it is also tied in with history history, if that makes sense. Barfield was …
Review: Missionaries of Republicanism: A Religious History of the Mexican-American War
Missionaries of Republicanism: A Religious History of the Mexican-American War by John C. Pinheiro My rating: 4 of 5 stars A good read, and very informative. Pinheiro shows the important role that religion (Protestant/Catholic) played in the Mexican-American War. A lot of careful detail here recording how Americans of all political stripes thought religiously in …
Memory: Fragments of a Modern History
Title: Memory: Fragments of a Modern History Author: Alison Winter Publisher: University Of Chicago Press Release Date: September 11, 2013 Pages: 330 Thought-provoking book. A good historical treatment of psychology’s pursuit of what memory means. Enjoyed having some of my unexamined assumptions kicked in the butt.
History as Crowd Control
I just finished reading Herbert Butterfield’s small book The Whig Interpretation of History. I had heard or seen it referred to from time to time, and so thought I needed to get with the program. Butterfield is a superb writer, and has a very solid grasp of his subject, and the whole book was an …
Some Halloween History . . .
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History as Rebekah’s Womb
I need to start with a story that is not entirely relevant, although one part of it is. When I was in the Navy, I had occasion to deal with some devotees of an uber-dispensational Bible teacher named R.B. Thieme. That’s another story, with lots of juicy bits that came later. Another time maybe. At …
Church History as Approaching Spring
“Within one generation, Jesus says the these signs will bud, and the summer (not winter) will be near. He reinforces His words with a strong word — heaven and earth might fold, but His words, never. And everything He said did come to pass within the course of one generation. Far from being an embarrassingly …
A Brief History of Christmas
INTRODUCTION:We celebrate the birth of Christ, and we are able to do this because we have seen what His rule has accomplished in the world. Jesus told Thomas once that there was a blessing for those who would believe without having seen the risen Christ, as Thomas had (John 20:29). On this principle, our place …
Defining History
INTRODUCTION:We have all enjoyed the anticipation of another Christmas, and we are still in a celebratory moment—a Lord’s Day celebration the day after Christmas. But we don’t ever want this celebration to drift off point—this is not the armistice day of a long-forgotten war. This war is on-going, and we celebrate this decisive point in …
Where History is Aimed
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #16 “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us …