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.
Books from 2024
The Demonologists' Daughters, Scott Culpepper
Faculty Work from 2023
Ghosts of America's Past, Present, and Future: A Review of Preparing for War, Scott Culpepper
Faculty Work from 2022
God and Country? A Review of The Religion of American Greatness, Scott Culpepper
Love With Abandon, Walker R. Cosgrove
Russia and Ukraine: What to Know from a Historian, Mark McCarthy
Sinful Trumps Exceptional: A Review of We the Fallen People, Scott Culpepper
Submissions from 2021
Calvin, the Bible, and History (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
The Monsters and the Translators: An Apologia for the Study of History, Walker Cosgrove
The Place for Sacredness: A Review of Pagans and Christians in the City, Mark McCarthy
Faculty Work from 2020
What Has Jesus to do with John Wayne? A Review of Jesus and John Wayne, Scott Culpepper
Submissions from 2019
Irrigating Deserts, Walker Cosgrove
On Awkward Spiritual Gateway Drugs, Scott Culpepper
Profundity and Absurdity, Scott Culpepper
Rhetoric in the Worship and Witness of the Church: A Review of Seasoned Speech, Scott Culpepper
The Year of our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis (Book Review), Walker Cosgrove
Faculty Work from 2018
How Evangelical Fears Paved the Way for Donald Trump: A Review of "Believe Me", Scott Culpepper
Peace with Graham, Scott Culpepper
The Past Speaks to the Present: A Review of "Demanding Liberty", Scott Culpepper
What is to be Done with the Underground Man: A Comparison of N.G. Chernyshevsky and F.M. Dostoevsky, Mark McCarthy
Submissions from 2017
Crisis of Evangelical Christianity: Roots, Consequences, and Resolutions (Book Review), Scott Culpepper
Dual Citizenship: What Does It Mean to be a Christian and a Citizen of the United States?, Scott Culpepper
The Place of Faith, Doubt, and Sacrament in the Post-Apocalyptic Worlds of The Leftovers and The Walking Dead, Scott Culpepper
The Reformations and the Genesis of Popular Christian Media, Scott Culpepper
The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy (Book Review), Walker Cosgrove
What Does the Fawkes Say? History and Public Festivity, Scott Culpepper
Submissions from 2016
Givenness of Things (Book Review), Walker Cosgrove
No More Mr. Nice Angel, Scott Culpepper
Sola Wife, Scott Culpepper
What Does Evangelical Mean?, Scott Culpepper
When Civil Religion Comes to Church, Scott Culpepper
Faculty Work from 2015
Assassination of Boris Nemtsov, Mark McCarthy
Baylor University, Scott Culpepper
Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters (Book Review), Walker Cosgrove
Christian Reformed Church Christian Education, Scott Culpepper
Civil War Staff Rides, Paul Fessler
English Puritanism and Separatism, Scott Culpepper
Enlightenment Philosophy and Theology, Scott Culpepper
Get on Your Knees and Fight like a Man: Shifting from World Peace to Spiritual Warfare in Contemporary Christian Music, Scott Culpepper
How Should Christians View Fantasy Sports?, Paul Fessler
Imagine a World Where Faith Was More than Political Eye Candy, Scott Culpepper
John Knox, Scott Culpepper
John Owen, Scott Culpepper
Should Obama Have Compared ISIS to the Crusades?, Walker Reid Cosgrove
Southern Baptist Convention Christian Education, Scott Culpepper
The Outbreak of the First World War: Structure, Politics, and Decision-Making (Book Review), Mark McCarthy
They Both Prayed to the Same God, Scott Culpepper
Submissions from 2014
Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism (Book Review), Scott Culpepper
August Schell, Paul Fessler
Bush-Kerry Presidential Debates, Scott Culpepper
Driving Force of the Ukraine Crisis, Mark McCarthy
Evangelical Faith and the Challenge of Historical Criticism (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Facing Christian America's Sacred Ire: Can Christian Historians Successfully Bridge the Gap between Professional Integrity and Populist Constituency?, Scott Culpepper
Faith-Based Initiatives, Scott Culpepper
Global Diffusion of Evangelicalism: The Age of Billy Graham and John Stott (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Iowa Caucuses, Scott Culpepper
Long May She Reign: Portrayals and Interpretations of Mary, Queen of Scots, in Popular Media, Scott Culpepper
Luther’s Persistent Mentor, Scott Culpepper
Political Humor and Parodies, Scott Culpepper
Ten Great Books on Church History, Scott Culpepper
Submissions from 2013
Christian Zionism Examined and The Last Days of Dispensationalism (Book Reviews), Keith C. Sewell
Remembrance and Research: Some Reflections on a Pending Centenary, Keith C. Sewell
Remembrance and Research: Some Reflections on a Pending Centenary -- Conclusion, Keith C. Sewell
Roger Sherman and the Creation of the American Republic (Book Review), Scott Culpepper
Faculty Work from 2012
Beauty of Diversity and the Problem of Multiculturalism, Paul Fessler
John Owen, Richard Baxter and the Formation of Nonconformity (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Submissions from 2011
Herman Dooyeweerd: Christian Philosopher of State and Civil Society (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Our Multiple Calvinisms: Historical Trajectories, Contemporary Predicaments, and Contestable Futures, Keith C. Sewell
Submissions from 2010
Christian People Across the Centuries (Book Reviews), Keith C. Sewell
Submissions from 2009
Emergence of a Scientific Culture: Science and the Shaping of Modernity, 1210-1685 (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Expansion of Evangelicalism: The Age of Wilberforce, More, Chalmers and Finney (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Free Christian University: Review Essay, Keith C. Sewell
Submissions from 2008
Imperialism and Hegemony: Some Historical Reflections, Keith C. Sewell
Richard Hooker: Reformer and Platonist (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
What's Wrong with Multiculturalism: Christian Scholars and Cultural Diversity, Paul Fessler
Submissions from 2007
British Delegation to the Synod of Dort (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Dominance of Evangelicalism: The Age of Spurgeon and Moody (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Evangelicals in the Public Square: Four Formative Voices of Political Thought and Action (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Submissions from 2006
Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
In All Things, Hear the Word: A Response to Laurence Sibley, Keith C. Sewell
Next Reformation: Why Evangelicals Must Embrace Postmodernity (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Books from 2005
Herbert Butterfield and the Interpretation of History, Keith C. Sewell
Rise of Evangelicalism: The Age of Edwards, Whitefield and the Wesleys (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Theodore Beza--The Man Next to John Calvin: A Review Essay, Keith C. Sewell
Submissions from 2004
Fortunes of History: Historical Inquiry from Herder to Huizinga (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Response to Dr. Charles Glenn, Paul Fessler
Submissions from 2003
Calvin and the Stars, Kuyper and the Fossils: Some Historiographical Reflections, Keith C. Sewell
Christ's Churches Purely Reformed: A Social History of Calvinism (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Engaging God's World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living (Book Review), Hubert R. Krygsman
Give Thanks for H. Evan Runner, Keith C. Sewell
Submissions from 2002
Ideas Have a History: Perspectives on the Western Search for Truth (Book Review), Keith C. Sewell
Problems in the "Christian" Origins of Modern Science, Keith C. Sewell
Some Thoughts on "the Reformation" as a Contemporary Icon, Keith C. Sewell
Submissions from 2001
American Evangelical Christianity: An Introduction (Book Review), Hubert R. Krygsman
Dictionary of the Presbyterian & Reformed Tradition in America (Book Review), Paul Otto
Submissions from 2000
Global History or Western Civilization: A Symposium, Paul Otto
"History Wars" -- "Holy Wars" or, History in Contention, Keith C. Sewell
Submissions from 1995
Native American Voices (Book Review), Louis Y. Van Dyke
Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (Book Review), Hubert R. Krygsman