by John D. Pierce | Jul 27, 2021 | Opinion
Revivalism impacted the religious upbringing and inherited faith of many of us in ways we likely didn’t realize. The doctrine, terminology and formulated methods of emotion-driven evangelical evangelism grew out of this frontier phenomenon. Ultimately, the seasonal,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 26, 2020 | Opinion
The initial rush of removing Confederate statues has passed, but the cat is out of the bag and remains on the hunt. Critics of white supremacy have found satisfaction in the movement, while supporters complain that activists are out to erase history. We’ve been...
by Beth Allison Barr | Aug 17, 2020 | Opinion
The nothingness surprised me. I stepped over the low stone wall and walked down the path to the river. The water of the Brazos River stood still in the summer evening, reflecting only a slightly blurred image of the I-35 bridge crossing into downtown Waco, Texas....
by Amanda Hiley | Jul 14, 2020 | Opinion
A friend’s Facebook post lamenting we no longer teach “American history” grabbed my attention. It was July 5 and it served as an anti-intellectual gut punch. I’ve done too much study in history and too much work on social change in the South to miss that the...
by Amanda Hiley | Jul 13, 2020 | Opinion
“For the first time in American history, we’re not allowed to teach American history.” It was the first thing in my Facebook feed when I awoke on July 5, posted by a good friend from college. As a person who did undergraduate and graduate work in history, the...
