https://devinmzt.com/research/https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sider-bio-cover-final.jpgSider-bio-cover-FINALhttps://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/manzullo-thomas_cover.jpgManzullo-Thomas_cover2025-10-05T01:37:55+00:00weekly0.6https://devinmzt.com/teaching-2/2021-08-10T14:33:31+00:00weekly0.6https://devinmzt.com/contact/2020-02-29T21:53:03+00:00weekly0.6https://devinmzt.com/2017/10/30/does-the-congregational-history-have-a-history/https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/first_pc_southampton_history.jpgFirst_PC_Southampton_historyFrom cover of An Historical Sketch of the First Presbyterian Church in America, by Randall Lee Saxon, n.d. From FPC Southampton, NY, Congregational Vertical File. 2017-10-26T03:30:40+00:00monthlyhttps://devinmzt.com/2017/08/30/sacred-subjects-remembering-religion-at-the-ephrata-cloister/https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ephrata-buildings.jpgephrata-buildingsTwo of the main buildings at the Ephrata Cloister historic site in Pennsylvania. Over the last decade the site has begun to interpret its religious history, in addition to earlier emphases on art and architecture (WikiMedia Commons)2017-10-26T03:14:32+00:00monthlyhttps://devinmzt.com/2017/08/12/the-aaslh-guide-to-commemoration-coming-soon/https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/commemoration_book_aaslh.jpgCommemoration_book_AASLHThe forthcoming book on commemoration, published by the American Association for State and Local Historyhttps://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-25-at-11-02-32-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-25 at 11.02.32 PM2017-10-26T03:08:35+00:00monthlyhttps://devinmzt.com/2017/08/29/women-in-ministry-in-the-brethren-in-christ-church/https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/davidson-and-engle-crop.jpgdavidson-and-engle-CROPWomen have long played a key role in the ministry of the Brethren in Christ Church, in both formal and informal roles. H. Frances Davidson, a late nineteenth-century missionary, remains one of the most influential Brethren in Christ women in the church's history. In this photo, Davidson is pictured alongside fellow missionary Adda Engle (right); together these two women pioneered the church's second foreign mission station, in Macha, Zambia. (Brethren in Christ Historical Library and Archives)2017-10-26T02:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://devinmzt.com/2017/05/23/mennonites-and-charismatic-renewal-part-2/2017-10-26T02:31:05+00:00monthlyhttps://devinmzt.com/2016/10/27/mennonites-and-the-charismatic-movement-part-1/https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/charismatic-renewal-conf.jpgcharismatic-renewal-confA conference at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University, at which I presented a paper on North American Anabaptists and charismatic renewal2017-10-26T02:26:54+00:00monthlyhttps://devinmzt.com/2017/05/10/i-passed/https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-25-at-10-19-07-pm.pngComps2017-10-26T02:20:38+00:00monthlyhttps://devinmzt.com/2017/03/10/whither-brethren-in-christ-holiness-theology/2017-10-26T02:16:13+00:00monthlyhttps://devinmzt.com/2017/03/02/a-weekend-with-the-wesleyans/https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_7046.jpgIMG_70462017-10-26T02:10:10+00:00monthlyhttps://devinmzt.com/2017/06/25/this-weekend-conferencing-with-anabaptists/https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_8985.jpgIMG_8985The natural beauty of the Shenandoah Valley, from the hill behind the Eastern Mennonite University campushttps://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/anabhistatcrossingtheline.jpgAnabHistAtCrossingTheLineSuch fun to talk history, Anabaptism, teaching, grad school, and more with these fellow scholars and contributors to the Anabaptist Historians blog. From left to right: Ben Goossen, Christina Entz Moss, Joel Horst Nofziger, Simone Horst, me, and Anna Showalterhttps://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_8980.jpgIMG_8980What a privilege to speak on a panel with these amazing scholars! I'm in awe of you both.https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_8976.jpgIMG_8976Wendy Urban-Mead delivers part of her amazing (no notes, yet tightly focused!) paper on Brethren in Christ in Zimbabwe during that nation's civil war. How, she asks, did a peace church navigate the complexities of race, gender, and political violence?https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_8974.jpgIMG_8974Lucille Marr delivers her paper on H. Frances Davidson, an early Brethren in Christ missionary. Marr's current project explores Davidson's early life through a close reading of her journals. An understudied resource!https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_8967.jpgIMG_89672017-10-26T02:05:52+00:00monthlyhttps://devinmzt.com/2016/05/08/are-you-listening-to-the-way-of-improvement-leads-home/https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/podcast-twoilh.jpgpodcast-twoilh2017-10-26T01:45:02+00:00monthlyhttps://devinmzt.com/2016/04/29/and-away-we-go/https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/welcome-mat.jpgwelcome-mat2017-10-26T01:39:23+00:00monthlyhttps://devinmzt.com/2016/05/01/337/https://devinmzt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ephrata_cloister_sign.jpgEphrata_Cloister_signThe Ephrata Cloister, a historical site in south-central Pennsylvania, offers an interesting case study of a much-ignored subject: the intersections between religion and commemoration in the United States. (WikiMedia Commons)2017-10-26T01:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://devinmzt.com/current-projects/2017-10-17T01:25:23+00:00weekly0.6https://devinmzt.com/cv/2017-10-17T01:22:58+00:00weekly0.6https://devinmzt.comdaily1.02025-10-05T01:37:55+00:00