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SUMMARY:Faith in Crisis: Boston Congregationalists and the Great Depression
DESCRIPTION:In October 1929\, the stock market crash triggered the worst depression in US history. Across Boston\, members of multiple faith communities looked to religion to help them weather the crisis. Believers drew on the spiritual\, social and material resources available to them as members of religious communities; and faith leaders used denominational newspapers to advocate for the needy. \nIn this hybrid lunch and learn presentation\, CLA Research Fellow Dr. Evelyn Sterne explored their stories\, with a special focus on Congregationalists and the research she has conducted at the Congregational Library & Archives. \n  \nSPEAKER BIO \nDr. Evelyn Sterne is a Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Humanities at the University of Rhode Island\, where she specializes in the history of religion and immigration in the late nineteenth- and twentieth-century United States. She is the author of Ballots and Bibles: Ethnic Politics and the Catholic Church in Providence\, and The House of David: Salvation\, Scandal\, and Survival in a Modern American Commune. She is currently working on a book about religion in Boston during the Great Depression.
URL:https://congregationallibrary.org/events/faith-in-crisis
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:CLA Research Fellows,Lunch & Learn
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T140000
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SUMMARY:Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media
DESCRIPTION:This virtual book talk featured Dr. Sonia Hazard\, author of Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media. \nEmpire of Print offers a fresh account of evangelical power by uncovering how the American Tract Society (ATS) leveraged print media to spread its message across an expanding nation. One of the era’s largest media corporations and a pillar of the benevolent empire\, the ATS circulated some 5.6 billion printed pages between its founding in 1825 and the eve of the Civil War. \nIt wasn’t just the volume of materials that mattered—it was the sophisticated media infrastructure that evangelicals developed for their message to reach readers\, coast to coast. Media infrastructure refers to the material assemblages that work below the surface of media content\, including the format of publications\, the avenues of their movement\, and the circumstances surrounding their reading. As a non-coercive yet effective form of power\, infrastructure shaped how\, when\, and why readers engaged with evangelical texts. \nWhile showing how the ATS became a formidable force in American society during the nineteenth century\, Empire of Print opens larger questions about the entanglements among people\, things\, texts\, and institutions\, the dynamics of power in a media-saturated world\, and the salience of race\, class\, and region in the distribution and reception of media. \n  \nSPEAKER BIO \nDr. Sonia Hazard is an assistant professor of religion at Florida State University\, focusing on religion and media in nineteenth-century US history. Supported by the National Humanities Center\, her current projects include studies of missionary collecting and Cherokee religious printing. Hazard also co-directs the collaborative research initiative More-than-human Religion. She was a research fellow at the Congregational Library & Archives in 2017.
URL:https://congregationallibrary.org/events/empire-of-print
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T173000
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SUMMARY:"The Shot Heard Round the World": A Sacred Rebellion Virtual Tour
DESCRIPTION:This special virtual tour of the Congregational Library & Archives’ exhibition\, Sacred Rebellion\, with Executive Director Dr. Kyle Roberts and New England’s Hidden Histories Project Director and Sacred Rebellion curator Dr. Tricia Peone honored the 251st anniversary of the Battles of Concord and Lexington. \nBy the time the American Revolution began\, many Congregationalists had embraced a theological justification for war and revolution. They believed that God favored them and that their cause was a morally justified\, sacred rebellion. Through sermons\, books\, poems\, songs\, and letters\, Congregationalists shared their stories\, reflected on their moral obligations to each other\, and debated questions of liberty and loyalty. But consensus was elusive\, and implementation proved difficult and unsatisfactory to many\, especially those on the margins. \nThis interactive tour was hosted on Zoom\, with registration limited to a small group of attendees. Participants saw Revolutionary-era treasures from the collections; heard stories about how Congregationalists experienced the period leading up to\, during\, and immediately following the war; had opportunities to ask questions; and reflected on what this pivotal event means 250 years later. \n  \nSPEAKER BIOS \nDr. Kyle Roberts was appointed the Executive Director of the Congregational Library & Archives in 2022. He received his BA in American Studies from Williams College and his PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to coming to the CLA\, he was Associate Director of Library & Museum Programming at the American Philosophical Society and Associate Professor of Public History and New Media and Director of the Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities at Loyola University Chicago. \nA scholar of Atlantic World religion\, print\, and library history\, he is the author of Evangelical Gotham: Religion and the Making of New York City\, 1783-1860 (Chicago\, 2016)\, the co-editor\, with Stephen Schloesser\, of Crossings and Dwellings: Restored Jesuits\, Women Religious\, American Experience 1814-2014 (Brill\, 2017) and\, with Mark Towsey\, of Before the Public Library: Reading\, Community\, and Identity in the Atlantic World\, 1650-1850 (Brill\, 2017). \nKyle is an accomplished public historian and digital humanist whose collaborative projects include the Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project\, the Maryland Loyalism Project\, and Dissenting Academies Online: Virtual Library System. In addition to being the consultant for numerous digital and public history projects\, he sits on the executive committees of the American Catholic Historical Association\, the New England Historical Association\, the Urban History Association He is on the editorial and advisory boards for American Catholic Studies\, Early American Studies\, and portal. \nDr. Tricia Peone joined the CLA in 2022 as the Project Director for New England’s Hidden Histories. Prior to joining the CLA\, she was a research scholar at Historic New England for the Recovering New England’s Voices project. She has also previously worked as the public programs director at New Hampshire Humanities\, a university lecturer teaching classes on the Salem witch trials\, early New England\, and public history\, and as a researcher for cultural heritage organizations. Her scholarship focuses on early New England\, particularly the history of magic and witchcraft\, and her work on these subjects has appeared in journals\, books\, blogs\, and on radio and television. She holds a PhD in history from the University of New Hampshire with a specialization in the early modern Atlantic world and history of science.
URL:https://congregationallibrary.org/events/shot-heard-sr-tour
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Revolutionary Stories,Sacred Rebellion,Tour
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SUMMARY:Architectural Tour of Congregational House
DESCRIPTION:This tour with CLA Executive Director Dr. Kyle Roberts explored the architectural history of Congregational House\, the home of the Congregational Library & Archives for over 125 years. \nDesigned by the Boston-based architectural firm of Shepley\, Rutan\, and Coolidge (now Shepley Bulfinch)\, the eight-story Georgian-Federal style building opened in 1898 to house the various national agencies of the Congregational faith. Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places\, the building is owned by Faros Properties\, a private landlord\, and home to multiple non- and for-profit organizations. \nThe tour began in the lobby of 14 Beacon Street and explored the famous bas reliefs on the outside of the building and the various plaques in the lobby before going up to the historic Reading Room to look at original materials documenting the long history of the building. These monthly collection tours connected residents of Beacon Hill and the greater Boston region with original\, rarely seen materials in the CLA’s collections. \nThanks to the generosity of the Beacon Hill Civic Association\, these programs are offered completely free of charge to the public.
URL:https://congregationallibrary.org/events/architectural-tour-congregational-house
LOCATION:Congregational Library & Archives\, 14 Beacon Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:CLA History,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T140000
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SUMMARY:NEHH@20 Open House: A Celebration of NEHH at 20 Years
DESCRIPTION:This program of reflection and conversation at 14 Beacon celebrated twenty years of the New England’s Hidden Histories (NEHH) project. NEHH began at the CLA in 2005 to preserve some of the oldest manuscript Congregational church records in New England. Today\, it has grown into a digital archive with 130\,000 digital images and over 26\,000 pages of transcription\, representing a broad and diverse collection of early American voices. \nThe afternoon included a discussion of the digital exhibition\, NEHH@20: Re-Examining Stories from New England Communities\, which highlights the work of scholars\, church historians\, and transcribers who have contributed to the project and uncovered new histories in the process. There was also a roundtable discussion of the past\, present\, and future of NEHH; a viewing of original NEHH materials; a tribute to participating churches and archives; and cake and refreshments.
URL:https://congregationallibrary.org/events/nehh20-open-house
LOCATION:Congregational Library & Archives\, 14 Beacon Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:CLA History,NEHH,NEHH@20
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SUMMARY:About Biblical Church Governance: Biblical Principles for Being and Leading Local Churches
DESCRIPTION:There are basic biblical principles for local churches across all times and cultures. Stephen Gammon has studied this guidance over nearly five decades of ministry—as a pastor’s son and grandson\, overseer of churches\, denominational leader\, military chaplain among diverse faiths\, and through interdenominational ties regionally\, nationally\, and internationally. His experiences show that applying biblical governance principles yields positive results\, while ignoring them brings hard consequences. \nThis book summarizes key principles for being and leading local churches\, including biblical “photos” of how Jesus views His Church—like the architect’s blueprints for building it. Churches thrive when concepts of Headship\, Leadership\, and Membership are understood and applied. It also covers historic faith convictions in biblical governance\, with some cautions for leaders. Each section includes questions for personal reflection or group discussion. \nDrawing from congregational ministry and affiliations within the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference (CCCC) in the USA and internationally in the World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship (WECF)\, Gammon has also added an addendum on Practicing Biblical Congregationalism. \n  \nSPEAKER BIO \nRev. Dr. Stephen A. Gammon\, a third-generation pastor\, holds degrees from Barrington College\, Bethel Theological Seminary\, and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served as a local church pastor in New England\, was a U.S. Navy Chaplain for 27 years\, and was Conference Minister of the CCCC from 2003-2011. He has also spent 20 years on the leadership team of the World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship. He has authored four books\, all with Aneko Press. Married to Helen for 50 years\, they have been blessed with three children and four grandchildren.
URL:https://congregationallibrary.org/events/about-biblical-church-governance
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Talks,Contemporary Congregationalism
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