Thinking Historically About

In this episode, we are thinking historically with John Fea, professor of history at Messiah University. Dr. Fea helps us better understand how Alexander Hamilton's and Thomas Jefferson's divergent views on human nature shaped their vision for government.

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the historical questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Pearl Young, Assistant Professor of History and Affiliated Faculty member in the Women's and Gender Studies program at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Dr. Young helps us think about the complex experiences women had on the home front during the American Civil War.

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the historical questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Nadya Williams. At the time of recording, Dr. Williams was professor of Ancient History at the University of West Georgia.  Currently, she is Book Review Editor at Current, where she also edits the Arena blog. Her book Cultural Christians in the Early Church releases the same day as this episode! November 14, 2023. In this episode, Dr. Williams helps us better compare the Ancient Greek governments of Athens and Sparta.

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the historical questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. H. Paul Thompson, Jr. Dr. Thompson is Dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of History at North Greenville University. His teaching and research interests include the 19th-century temperance movement, African American history, and the history of Christianity in America. His book, A ‘Most Stirring and Significant Episode:’ Religion and the Rise and Fall of Prohibition in Black Atlanta, 1865-1887, explores the rise of temperance sentiment among freed African Americans in Atlanta, which contributed to Atlanta enacting prohibition in 1885. In this episode, we ask Dr. Thompson about how Black Americans experienced The New Deal under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and how the legislation under his presidency impacted their lives.

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us understand the historical questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Nadya Williams. At the time of recording, Dr. Williams was professor of Ancient History at the University of West Georgia.  Currently, she is Book Review Editor at Current, where she also edits the Arena blog. Her book Cultural Christians in the Early Church is forthcoming with Zondervan Academic in November 2023. In this episode, Dr. Williams helps us better understand the idea of citizenship in Ancient Rome.

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the historical questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.