B. Andrew Song
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PhD, FRAS, RHS Associate Fellow. Read history, spirituality, art, and immigration law. Research in 18th cen transatlantic British nonconformity and world Christianity. Toronto, ON (Treaty 13)
RIP Dr Robert Louis Wilken (1936–June 7, 2026). Had to read his Spirit of Early Christian Thought (YUP, 2003) three times. Dr Wilken was a great introduction to the Fathers.
Dr @danjohnsonhymns.bsky.social and I are excited to announce that registration for our day conference at the John Rylands Library is open. Please plan to join us on June 22. www.eventbrite.com/e/voices-fro...
Voices from the Margins
A day conference hosted by the British Nonconformity in the long 18th century working group.
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So glad the John Rylands Library has agreed to host our day conference this year. We have 6 exciting papers lining up and a document viewing session. Please plan to join us and help us to spread the word. @danjohnsonhymns.bsky.social
Our CFP will end in 2 weeks! Please help us to spread the news. It will be an exciting day conference at John Rylands Library this June. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/voi... @danjohnsonhymns.bsky.social
Voices from the Margins - CALL FOR PAPERS - RHS
Voices from the Margins - 22 June, The John Rylands Library, Manchester Call for papers deadline - 25 May Narratives of British Nonconformity in the Long Eighteenth Century often centre on key charact...
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Don't forget to register by 12 April to attend Speech/less in the Early Modern World. Free event! All welcome!
Olivia Formby@oliviaformby.bsky.social · 5mo ago✨Speech/less in the Early Modern World✨ Research Workshop, 23-24 April 2026 Emmanuel College, Cambridge Places limited. Please register as an attendee by 12 April: forms.gle/k9Xnz4gVFhe2Syez9 Thank you event sponsors! @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social
It’s interesting that when people commented on the U.S. President’s recent AI image, no one mentioned the practice of the “royal touch,” which was an imitation of Christ’s healing. Shortly after Charles II’s restoration, he held public services of touching the sick in London. 1/2
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PhD, FRAS, Associate Fellow of RHS. Historian of Christianity studying 18th-century nonconformity, Baptist history, and Chinese Christianities. Treaty 13, Toronto. Click to read B.A. Song on Substack....
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CFP royalhistsoc.org/calendar/voi...
Voices from the Margins - CALL FOR PAPERS - RHS
Voices from the Margins - 22 June, The John Rylands Library, Manchester Call for papers deadline - 25 May Narratives of British Nonconformity in the Long Eighteenth Century often centre on key charact...
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✨Speech/less in the Early Modern World✨ Research Workshop, 23-24 April 2026 Emmanuel College, Cambridge Places limited. Please register as an attendee by 12 April: forms.gle/k9Xnz4gVFhe2Syez9 Thank you event sponsors! @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social
Excited to announce that Dr @danjohnsonhymns.bsky.social and I will co-host our 4th annual conference this year at the John Rylands Library in Manchester. Call for papers is now alive. Please help us to spread the news. Grateful for the support of ASCH and AFCBS.
Why did clergymen marry? What did a wife offer them in serving their parishes? Why on earth would Charlotte Lucas marry Mr Collins? Answers to these questions, & much more, at this talk using the @thejohnrylands.bsky.social collections with curator Paul Carlyle. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clerical-c...
Thrilled to announce that Palgrave Macmillan has offered a contract to publish my monograph, Joseph Kinghorn and English Baptist Communion Controversies. This work will also be included in the “Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World” series.
Canadian churches need to collectively pray when our Supreme Court hold hearings over QC’s unconstitutional Bill 21 (March 23-7). This is a case that matters to all Canadians (w/ misuse of the “notwithstanding” clause) & esp concerns religion in the public sphere.
Reading Fr Gerald O’Collins and George Grant side by side is an intellectual treat!
The registration is open now at Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies website. Please help to spread the words! Excited about this research trip.
Looking forward to attend @bsecs.bsky.social this week at Pembroke College! I will present a paper on Andrew Fuller’s portraits on Thursday. Excited to meet colleagues and friends. www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
BSECS Annual Conference
BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference
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The @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference will be at Lancaster in July. Call for papers just released. I'll put putting together a proposal, so hope to see some of you there! #EarlyModern 🗃️ Details here: socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
Been reading a lot of & about the fathers this semester. Really regret that at seminary, I wasted too much money on contemporary books rather than buying primary sources. My advice is to buy critical editions of primary sources and only use library copies for secondary sources!
The Nicene-Constantinopletan Creed is not just a historical creed, but a living confession—essential to Christian formation, worship, hermeneutics, theology, and spirituality. Any opposition to it is either premodern heresy or modern nonsense.
Sad to learn Prof Paul A Cohen passed away. I’m so indebted to his works though I’ve never had the privilege to meet him. May he rest in peace!
Absolutely thrilled to find this book in my pigeonhole today, which was written by my great friend Janice Pibworth! Ada Habershon’s hymn “He will hold me fast” has been a great blessing to my life. I’m very sure that Janic/ book could be a brilliant Christmas gift idea!!
As people are fascinated by Tolkien, Lewis, and Rowling, I think Neil Gaiman is really important, especially for those who read theology. I really hope someone to work on Gaiman’s novels from a theological perspective. In particular, to study his American Gods and Good Omens.
“Many vices may [disguise] as virtues” (St Gregory, Book of Pastoral Rule, 2.9).
Self-promotion is really a repulsive vice in today’s academy, especially among evangelical scholars.
Enjoyed reading this fantastic book. Wish there is a sequel on East Asians in British history. Nevertheless, Fatima said it beautifully—pages 184–186—what I would offer as a proposal and call for church historians, i.e., to reimagine a metanarrative. Thank you, Fatima!
