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American Catholics

Understand the role, impact, and lasting legacy that Catholicism has had in North America from European contact to today. Beginning with North America’s contact with three imperialist powers (Spain, France, and England), this narrative account tells the story of how … Continue reading

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Anglicans on the Frontier

ANGLICANS ON THE FRONTIER:  THE GREAT COMMISSION AND THE EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA[1] Russell M. Lawson Captain John Smith was arguably the greatest of the English explorers, discoverers, and colonists of America. He was as well the first … Continue reading

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The Sea Mark and Missionaries

Fulbright Canada‏@FulbrightCanada New book #Fulbrighter @RussellmLawson The Sea Mark: Captain #JohnSmith‘s Voyage to #NewEngland http://www.upne.com/1611685169.html  Fulbright Canada tweeted today about my latest book, The Sea Mark: Captain John Smith’s Voyage to New England. I was a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair … Continue reading

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The Great Commission, Love, and Science

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.” I have written a previous post about the Great Commission, as recorded in the Gospel of Mark, which is the basis for Christian missionary activity for the … Continue reading

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The History of Bacone College Symbolized by a Single Work of Art

The Indian Christ in Gethsemane, a painting by Cheyenne artist Dick West, tells the story of the history of Bacone College. It portrays a young Plains Indian as Christ in western Oklahoma kneeling before God the Father, praying, “Thy Will … Continue reading

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Love and the Constitution

Love and the Constitution Is our society founded on Christian virtues and teachings? What is the greatest Christian teaching? What is the essence of Christianity? What is the one truth above all others that sums Christianity, Christian teachings, Jesus’s life? … Continue reading

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Missionaries and Love

Missionaries and Love: There were many missionaries of many denominations who brought the Gospel to American Indians in the United States and Canada: Anglicans, Catholics, Methodists, Lutherans, Moravians, Presybterians, and Baptists. They shared a similar interpretation of the compelling call … Continue reading

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Thinking–Fulbright Program

Thinking… I have done a lot of thinking on, and have become a scholar of, American Indian history. I backed into this field of intellectual endeavor by taking a job at Bacone College, where I began to have many Indian … Continue reading

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The Messenger’s Way

Carved on the northeast corner of the Bacone College chapel is this passage from the Old Testament: Micah, 6:8: He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good: and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly … Continue reading

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America in 1492

The indigenous peoples of America, those people north of the Gulf of Mexico, Rio Grande, and Sonoran Desert in what is today the continental United States and north into Canada stretching from the Gulf of St. Lawrence east to Nova … Continue reading

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