The history department of Dordt University seeks to develop and transmit insight into the processes which have shaped human civilizations, including both western civilization and other global civilizations, to equip students with various skills needed to discern such processes, and to interpret and use that discernment, and to articulate a Christian interpretation of the meaning and significance of history in the light of God’s Word and his coming kingdom.

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Faculty Work from 2023

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Ghosts of America's Past, Present, and Future: A Review of Preparing for War, Scott Culpepper

Faculty Work from 2022

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God and Country? A Review of The Religion of American Greatness, Scott Culpepper

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Love With Abandon, Walker R. Cosgrove

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Russia and Ukraine: What to Know from a Historian, Mark McCarthy

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Sinful Trumps Exceptional: A Review of We the Fallen People, Scott Culpepper

Submissions from 2021

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Calvin, the Bible, and History (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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The Monsters and the Translators: An Apologia for the Study of History, Walker Cosgrove

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The Place for Sacredness: A Review of Pagans and Christians in the City, Mark McCarthy

Faculty Work from 2020

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What Has Jesus to do with John Wayne? A Review of Jesus and John Wayne, Scott Culpepper

Submissions from 2019

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Irrigating Deserts, Walker Cosgrove

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On Awkward Spiritual Gateway Drugs, Scott Culpepper

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Profundity and Absurdity, Scott Culpepper

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Rhetoric in the Worship and Witness of the Church: A Review of Seasoned Speech, Scott Culpepper

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The Year of our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis (Book Review), Walker Cosgrove

Faculty Work from 2018

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How Evangelical Fears Paved the Way for Donald Trump: A Review of "Believe Me", Scott Culpepper

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Peace with Graham, Scott Culpepper

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The Past Speaks to the Present: A Review of "Demanding Liberty", Scott Culpepper

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What is to be Done with the Underground Man: A Comparison of N.G. Chernyshevsky and F.M. Dostoevsky, Mark McCarthy

Submissions from 2017

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Crisis of Evangelical Christianity: Roots, Consequences, and Resolutions (Book Review), Scott Culpepper

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Dual Citizenship: What Does It Mean to be a Christian and a Citizen of the United States?, Scott Culpepper

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The Place of Faith, Doubt, and Sacrament in the Post-Apocalyptic Worlds of The Leftovers and The Walking Dead, Scott Culpepper

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The Reformations and the Genesis of Popular Christian Media, Scott Culpepper

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The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy (Book Review), Walker Cosgrove

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What Does the Fawkes Say? History and Public Festivity, Scott Culpepper

Submissions from 2016

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Givenness of Things (Book Review), Walker Cosgrove

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No More Mr. Nice Angel, Scott Culpepper

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Sola Wife, Scott Culpepper

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What Does Evangelical Mean?, Scott Culpepper

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When Civil Religion Comes to Church, Scott Culpepper

Faculty Work from 2015

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Assassination of Boris Nemtsov, Mark McCarthy

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Baylor University, Scott Culpepper

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Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters (Book Review), Walker Cosgrove

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Christian Reformed Church Christian Education, Scott Culpepper

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Civil War Staff Rides, Paul Fessler

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English Puritanism and Separatism, Scott Culpepper

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Enlightenment Philosophy and Theology, Scott Culpepper

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Get on Your Knees and Fight like a Man: Shifting from World Peace to Spiritual Warfare in Contemporary Christian Music, Scott Culpepper

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How Should Christians View Fantasy Sports?, Paul Fessler

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Imagine a World Where Faith Was More than Political Eye Candy, Scott Culpepper

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John Knox, Scott Culpepper

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John Owen, Scott Culpepper

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Should Obama Have Compared ISIS to the Crusades?, Walker Reid Cosgrove

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Southern Baptist Convention Christian Education, Scott Culpepper

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The Outbreak of the First World War: Structure, Politics, and Decision-Making (Book Review), Mark McCarthy

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They Both Prayed to the Same God, Scott Culpepper

Submissions from 2014

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Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism (Book Review), Scott Culpepper

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August Schell, Paul Fessler

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Bush-Kerry Presidential Debates, Scott Culpepper

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Driving Force of the Ukraine Crisis, Mark McCarthy

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Evangelical Faith and the Challenge of Historical Criticism (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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Facing Christian America's Sacred Ire: Can Christian Historians Successfully Bridge the Gap between Professional Integrity and Populist Constituency?, Scott Culpepper

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Faith-Based Initiatives, Scott Culpepper

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Global Diffusion of Evangelicalism: The Age of Billy Graham and John Stott (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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Iowa Caucuses, Scott Culpepper

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Long May She Reign: Portrayals and Interpretations of Mary, Queen of Scots, in Popular Media, Scott Culpepper

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Luther’s Persistent Mentor, Scott Culpepper

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Political Humor and Parodies, Scott Culpepper

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Ten Great Books on Church History, Scott Culpepper

Submissions from 2013

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Christian Zionism Examined and The Last Days of Dispensationalism (Book Reviews), Keith C. Sewell

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Remembrance and Research: Some Reflections on a Pending Centenary, Keith C. Sewell

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Remembrance and Research: Some Reflections on a Pending Centenary -- Conclusion, Keith C. Sewell

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Roger Sherman and the Creation of the American Republic (Book Review), Scott Culpepper

Faculty Work from 2012

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Beauty of Diversity and the Problem of Multiculturalism, Paul Fessler

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John Owen, Richard Baxter and the Formation of Nonconformity (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

Submissions from 2011

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Herman Dooyeweerd: Christian Philosopher of State and Civil Society (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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Our Multiple Calvinisms: Historical Trajectories, Contemporary Predicaments, and Contestable Futures, Keith C. Sewell

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Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy and The Reformation of Rights: Law, Religion and Human Rights in Early Modern Calvinism (Book Reviews), Keith C. Sewell

Submissions from 2010

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Christian People Across the Centuries (Book Reviews), Keith C. Sewell

Submissions from 2009

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Emergence of a Scientific Culture: Science and the Shaping of Modernity, 1210-1685 (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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Expansion of Evangelicalism: The Age of Wilberforce, More, Chalmers and Finney (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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Free Christian University: Review Essay, Keith C. Sewell

Submissions from 2008

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Imperialism and Hegemony: Some Historical Reflections, Keith C. Sewell

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Richard Hooker: Reformer and Platonist (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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What's Wrong with Multiculturalism: Christian Scholars and Cultural Diversity, Paul Fessler

Submissions from 2007

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British Delegation to the Synod of Dort (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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Dominance of Evangelicalism: The Age of Spurgeon and Moody (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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Evangelicals in the Public Square: Four Formative Voices of Political Thought and Action (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

Submissions from 2006

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Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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In All Things, Hear the Word: A Response to Laurence Sibley, Keith C. Sewell

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Next Reformation: Why Evangelicals Must Embrace Postmodernity (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

Books from 2005

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Herbert Butterfield and the Interpretation of History, Keith C. Sewell

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Rise of Evangelicalism: The Age of Edwards, Whitefield and the Wesleys (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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Theodore Beza--The Man Next to John Calvin: A Review Essay, Keith C. Sewell

Submissions from 2004

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Fortunes of History: Historical Inquiry from Herder to Huizinga (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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Response to Dr. Charles Glenn, Paul Fessler

Submissions from 2003

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Calvin and the Stars, Kuyper and the Fossils: Some Historiographical Reflections, Keith C. Sewell

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Christ's Churches Purely Reformed: A Social History of Calvinism (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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Engaging God's World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living (Book Review), Hubert R. Krygsman

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Give Thanks for H. Evan Runner, Keith C. Sewell

Submissions from 2002

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Ideas Have a History: Perspectives on the Western Search for Truth (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell

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Problems in the "Christian" Origins of Modern Science, Keith C. Sewell

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Some Thoughts on "the Reformation" as a Contemporary Icon, Keith C. Sewell

Submissions from 2001

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American Evangelical Christianity: An Introduction (Book Review), Hubert R. Krygsman

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Dictionary of the Presbyterian & Reformed Tradition in America (Book Review), Paul Otto

Submissions from 2000

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Global History or Western Civilization: A Symposium, Paul Otto

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"History Wars" -- "Holy Wars" or, History in Contention, Keith C. Sewell

Submissions from 1995

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Native American Voices (Book Review), Louis Y. Van Dyke

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Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (Book Review), Hubert R. Krygsman

Submissions from 1994

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Emergence of Liberty in the Modern World: The Influence of Calvin on Five Governments from the 16th Through 18th Centuries (Book Review), Hubert R. Krygsman