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Dream Is Freedom: Pauli Murray & American Democratic Faith

Posted on January 13, 2016January 29, 2021 by ptsblog
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Earlier this academic year, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s American Religious Biography class studied biographical accounts of seven women and men whose lives spanned the centuries from the colonial era through the 20th century. After digging deeply into the historical accounts of those Christian figures, students reflected on what insight each narrative might have for modern Christians,…

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Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter

Posted on January 8, 2016January 29, 2021 by ptsblog
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Earlier this academic year, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s American Religious Biography class studied biographical accounts of seven women and men whose lives spanned the centuries from the colonial era through the 20th century. After digging deeply into the historical accounts of those Christian figures, students reflected on what insight each narrative might have for modern Christians,…

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Hello, Can You Hear Adele this Advent?

Posted on December 17, 2015January 29, 2021 by ptsblog
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I never thought I’d be the one in the family begging to turn on the all-Christmas-all-the-time radio station—in our case, Wish 99.7, Pittsburgh’s official Christmas station—especially not the day before Advent. But this year I was the first to tune in. How else to get Adele turned off? The several previous days of Thanksgiving food…

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