John Schmalzbauer
@ozarkswatcher.bsky.social
Watching religion & culture from the Ozarks
How my mind has changed about campus evangelicalism
Back Pages is back again with your biweekly Tuesday installment: John Schmalzbauer discusses how 2016 was a turning point among scholars of evangelicalism and recent academic conversations about the intersection of race and religion. Read further here: www.american-religion.org/back-pages/r...
Rethinking Campus Evangelicalism — American Religion
Schmalzbauer on the history of campus evangelicalism
www.american-religion.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
How my mind has changed about campus evangelicalism
Happy 133rd Birthday to theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, author of these famous words:
God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
June 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Happy 133rd Birthday to theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, author of these famous words:
God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
Enjoyed speaking with journalist Cornelia Powers about the world of college chaplaincy.
College students may be growing less religious, but they still crave a sense of belonging, meaning, and purpose. To find it, many are turning to college chaplains. Cornelia Powers reports on the spiritual leaders thriving on secular campuses:
The New Spiritual Leader on Campus
Students are growing less religious. Many chaplains are adapting.
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May 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Enjoyed speaking with journalist Cornelia Powers about the world of college chaplaincy.
Excited to be included in this University of Missouri Press volume on religion and health in the Show Me State. My chapter focuses on the response of religious communities to the influenza epidemic of 1918. Other chapters look at cholera and COVID-19. upress.missouri.edu/978082622325...
January 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Excited to be included in this University of Missouri Press volume on religion and health in the Show Me State. My chapter focuses on the response of religious communities to the influenza epidemic of 1918. Other chapters look at cholera and COVID-19. upress.missouri.edu/978082622325...
There is still time to register for free MSU courses in the 62+ program. I'd love to see you in my Religion in America (REL 131) or Religion, Spirituality and Health (REL 348) courses. Registration ends on Friday January 17th, so you still have some time left.
January 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
There is still time to register for free MSU courses in the 62+ program. I'd love to see you in my Religion in America (REL 131) or Religion, Spirituality and Health (REL 348) courses. Registration ends on Friday January 17th, so you still have some time left.
"No one goes to the Christmas Eve service for the sermon. They go for the music. Preaching cannot convey the deep meaning of this night. Only the hymns can do that."
-Reinhold Niebuhr
-Reinhold Niebuhr
December 24, 2024 at 9:09 PM
"No one goes to the Christmas Eve service for the sermon. They go for the music. Preaching cannot convey the deep meaning of this night. Only the hymns can do that."
-Reinhold Niebuhr
-Reinhold Niebuhr
Thank you, @vjbarnett.bsky.social, for this nuanced reflection that gives us a human Bonhoeffer who we can still learn from. www.christiancentury.org/features/the...
There’s no such thing as a Bonhoeffer moment
Dietrich Bonhoeffer didn’t choose to be a martyr. He simply tried, as many others did, to be decent in the face of...
www.christiancentury.org
November 21, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Thank you, @vjbarnett.bsky.social, for this nuanced reflection that gives us a human Bonhoeffer who we can still learn from. www.christiancentury.org/features/the...
RIP, Tony Campolo. I will never forget covering his visit to Wheaton College for the school paper back in 1989. And yes, he spoke with captivating intensity.
November 21, 2024 at 12:14 AM
RIP, Tony Campolo. I will never forget covering his visit to Wheaton College for the school paper back in 1989. And yes, he spoke with captivating intensity.
Reposted by John Schmalzbauer
I'm privileged to manage a website that curates tools and insights for people interested in understanding the many ways people of faith form communities. It's not just about churches. See, for example, this latest post from our "Fieldnotes" blog: studyingcongregations.org/organizing-f...
Organizing for Sustainable Christian Agriculture
studyingcongregations.org
December 19, 2023 at 4:08 PM
I'm privileged to manage a website that curates tools and insights for people interested in understanding the many ways people of faith form communities. It's not just about churches. See, for example, this latest post from our "Fieldnotes" blog: studyingcongregations.org/organizing-f...
"No one goes to the Christmas Eve service for the sermon. They go for the music. Preaching cannot convey the deep meaning of this night. Only the hymns can do that."
-Reinhold Niebuhr
-Reinhold Niebuhr
December 27, 2023 at 5:46 PM
"No one goes to the Christmas Eve service for the sermon. They go for the music. Preaching cannot convey the deep meaning of this night. Only the hymns can do that."
-Reinhold Niebuhr
-Reinhold Niebuhr
Reposted by John Schmalzbauer
"If young people aren’t as interested in going to church or fewer young people are going to church, we need to think, where are they going and how can we get the organ to them there?" www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...
The number of church organists is declining. But a new generation is emerging.
Young musicians have taken to the organ at a time when there has been a decline in the number of instruments and in the professionals who play them.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2023 at 4:01 PM
"If young people aren’t as interested in going to church or fewer young people are going to church, we need to think, where are they going and how can we get the organ to them there?" www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...