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My blog posts revolve around my interests and vocation as a historian: the intersection of history and contemporary church life, the intersection of history and contemporary politics, serendipitous discoveries in archives or on research trips, publications and research projects, upcoming conferences, and speaking engagements.
I sometimes blog for two other organizations, the Canadian Baptist Historical Society and the Centre for Post-Christendom Studies. The views expressed in these blogs represent the views of the authors, and not necessarily those of any organizations with which they are associated. |
 Image from Canadian Baptist Archives, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario I recently enjoyed presenting a paper at Congress 2024 at McGill University for the Canadian Society of Church History. My paper was entitled “Rev. Dr. Muriel Carder (1922-2023): A Canadian Baptist Renaissance Woman.”
Muriel Carder is an iconic figure among Baptists in the CBOQ (Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec), yet little is known of her and nothing published about her long time of ministry (she recently died at the age of 100). I hope that this paper provides a helpful glimpse of her life and provokes some others to take up the task of carrying out a further and more detailed analysis of her experiences as missionary, pastor, professor, author, chaplain, and Bible translator. Here is a link to the paper that has just been published: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/8/973 Here is a link to the issue that includes other papers on the experience of Baptist women: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/FA5A2LITKM
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 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westminster_College,_Main_Building.jpg I am currently at the International Conference of Baptist Studies at Cambridge UK. We are meeting in Westminster College (see image above). My paper was entitled: “Empire Day and Patriotic Education for Canadian Baptist Children, 1899-1957.”
Here is a brief summary of the paper. I hope to see this published as a book chapter in the upcoming volume coming out of the conference.  I am on a train right now on the way to Cambridge University to present a paper at the International Conference of Baptist Studies. My paper is entitled “Empire Day and Patriotic Education for Canadian Baptist Children, 1899-1957.”
However, the last few days I made good use of time to travel to Chester (just southwest of Liverpool) to explore some Roman ruins, medieval churches, English Civil War era churches, the location of a sermon by John Wesley, and Victorian architecture. The density of these historical sites is amazing – all within a five-minute walk. In other words, a historian’s paradise. Here are some pictures (click on pictures to enlarge).  This year is the 150th anniversary of Canadian Baptist Ministries (an organization that unites and coordinates the mission and relief efforts of four Canadian Baptist denominations). The following is my contribution to their twelve months of posts: https://caba150.ca/builders/
For the full roster of contributors, see: https://caba150.ca |
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