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November Events in Dallas and Moscow
The Davenant Trust invites you to two upcoming events. Third Pacific Northwest Regional Convivium (Moscow, ID) November 4 @ 5:00 pm – November 5 @ 8:00 pm Join us in Moscow, ID on November 4th and 5th for our Third Pacific Northwest Regional Convivium Irenicum, a gathering of ecclesially-minded scholars, academically-minded pastors, and theologically-concerned professionals. Details…
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Published: “Radicalism: When Reform Becomes Revolution”
The first in our series translating the important theological work of Richard Hooker into modern English. Richard Hooker’s Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity is one of the great landmarks of Protestant theological literature, and indeed of English literature generally. However, on account of its difficult and archaic style, it is scarcely read today. The time has…
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“Common Places” Podcast Launches
The first edition of our podcast, Common Places, is up! In this episode, Dr. Brad Littlejohn discusses the mission and initiatives of the Davenant Trust along with the work of translating historical theology for the church today. https://davenantinstitute.org/common-places/
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Davenant Trust Releases Journal
Ad Fontes is a monthly publication seeking to explore great questions alongside the great cloud of witnesses. Ad Fontes, “to the sources,” was a rallying cry of the Reformation. The Reformers bequeathed to us a heritage, thick in the discourses and tools of humanism, which sought to address the hard questions of theology, philosophy, and…
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This Week in Church History: Death of Anne Bradstreet, September 16, 1672
On this day in 1672 the famous Puritan poet Anne Bradstreet died in North Andover, MA. Bradstreet along with her husband Simon had moved to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 and had first helped settle the new settlement of Boston before moving on to what was then called Newe Towne in the early 1630s. Newe Towne would eventually…
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This Week in Church History: Founding of Harvard College (1636)
September 8, 1636 marks the founding of Harvard College in what was then called New Towne, but would come to be known as Cambridge, MA in later years. The college was originally founded as New College but was renamed two years after opening in honor of one of the school’s first benefactors, the Rev. John…
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New Events Announced for New York and Chicago
The Davenant Trust is pleased to announce two upcoming events in major cities. September 23: How (Not) to Have a Foot in Both Kingdoms: Protestant Models for Christian Citizenship A conversation with Dr. W. Bradford Littlejohn (The Davenant Trust), Dr. Vincent Bacote (Wheaton College) and Dr. Matthew Tuininga (Calvin Theological Seminary) Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL…
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This Week in Church History: August 31: Henry VIII Excommunicated
On this day in 1535, Pope Paul III made the break between the English state church and the Roman church conclusive when he excommunicated England’s King Henry VIII. The circumstances leading up to Henry’s break with the established church are well known, of course. The king wanted a son and was convinced he would not…
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Davenant Fellowships Awarded
We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Davenant Fellowships. Simon Kennedy (above right) is pursuing a Ph.D research project at the University of Queensland under Prof. Peter Harrison, in which he is investigating how various early modern Reformed thinkers such as John Calvin, Richard Hooker, and Johannes Althusius understood the origins of…
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Deadline for Davenant Fellowship Application Extended
If you were thinking of applying for our Davenant Fellowship, with $2,500 of funding toward a Ph.D or postdoctoral project in Protestant historical theology, we have good news! We have just extended the application deadline until July 29th. To apply, please email Brad Littlejohn with a document containing the following: A description of your current educational status, institution,…
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