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The American Society of Church History (ASCH) was founded in 1888 [1] with the disciplines of Christian denominational and ecclesiastical history as its focus. Today the society's interests include the broad range of the critical scholarly perspectives, as applied to the history of Christianity and its relationship to surrounding cultures in all periods, locations, and contexts.
American Irish Historical Society; American Society of Church History; List of antiquarian societies; Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies ...
The Conference on Faith and History (CFH) is an organization for Christians working in the historical profession. It was founded in 1967 by a group of evangelical Christian historians who had been meeting for several years for fellowship and an interest in discussing the relationship between faith and history.
Executive officers of the American Historical Association at the time of the association's incorporation by the U.S. Congress photographed during their annual meeting on December 30, 1889, in Washington, D.C. Seated (left to right) are: William Poole, Justin Winsor, Charles Kendall Adams (President), George Bancroft, John Jay, and Andrew Dickson White, Standing (left to right) are: Herbert B ...
The Puritans created a society in which Congregationalism was the state church, its ministers were supported by taxpayers, and only full church members could vote in elections. [17] To ensure that Massachusetts had a supply of educated ministers, Harvard University was founded in 1636.
The American Revolution inflicted deeper wounds on the Church of England in America than on any other denomination because the King of England was the head of the church. The Book of Common Prayer offered prayers for the monarch, beseeching God "to be his defender and keeper, giving him victory over all his enemies", who in 1776 were American ...
The institute has an office in the nation’s capital, and Busch is also a key player at Catholic University there. In 2016, his family gave $15 million, the largest donation in university history ...
Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture is a quarterly academic journal. It is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Society of Church History, and was established in 1932. [1] [2] It is abstracted and indexed in the ATLA Religion Database. [3]