Christopher Gehrz is professor of history at Bethel University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where his innovative approach to teaching everything from church history to the world wars has earned him a Faculty Excellence Award. He is the author or editor of several books, including Faith and History: A Devotional and The Pietist Option: Hope for the Renewal of Christianity, and he blogs regularly about Christianity, history, and education at The Pietist Schoolman and The Anxious Bench.