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History of Education and Religion by Evan K Knappenberger

50 Pages, published at Rocktown History, October 2023

Sine Zine, 2022

Transcibed, Edited and Annotated and Introduced by E.K. Knappenberger. Available at Rocktown Hist... more Transcibed, Edited and Annotated and Introduced by E.K. Knappenberger. Available at Rocktown History, Dayton, Virginia, or at James Madison University Library Special Collections.

Outline of a new history/historiography of higher education in the Middle Shenandoah, published F... more Outline of a new history/historiography of higher education in the Middle Shenandoah, published Feb 2022 by the Anabaptist Center for Religion and Society

Joseph Funk (1878-1862), grandfather of country and gospel music, Mennonite patriarch and Souther... more Joseph Funk (1878-1862), grandfather of country and gospel music, Mennonite patriarch and Southern shaped-note music innovator;

in conversation with Joseph Salyards (1808-1875), seminal poet, educator and philosopher of the Shenandoah Valley.

Edited, annotated and introduced by E.K. Knappenberger
March 2022

An historical, Bibliographical Survey of Aldine Silliman Kieffer, 1840-1904. Available at Rocktow... more An historical, Bibliographical Survey of Aldine Silliman Kieffer, 1840-1904.
Available at Rocktown History, Dayton, Virginia.

Shenandoah Mennonite Historical Journal, 2020

(ca. 1820-1850) in English translation by John S. Umble, Lois Bowman Kreider, and Evan K. Knappen... more (ca. 1820-1850) in English translation by John S. Umble, Lois Bowman Kreider, and Evan K. Knappenberger; analyzed in historical context and introduced by Evan K. Knappenberger

Books by Evan K Knappenberger

A "splendid little war" which lasted half a year and saw the United States grow from an isolated... more A "splendid little war" which lasted half a year
and saw the United States grow from an isolated
republic into an imperial world power, the 1898 conflict
between Spain and the USA left an impact on every corner
of quiet Rockingham County, Virginia -- and then was
promptly forgotten by all but a few local veterans.

Now, 125 years later veteran and historian
E.K. Knappenberger performs an in-depth analysis of
first-hand source material relating Harrisonburg,
Bridgewater, Dayton, Elkton and Spring Creek
to that brief but impactful story,
From the shores of Guantanamo
to the president's speech
at Court Square

60 pages, published 2023. Available at Rocktown History, Dayton, Virginia. For a free copy email ... more 60 pages, published 2023. Available at Rocktown History, Dayton, Virginia. For a free copy email the author.

To Shake the Whole World From Error's Chain: An Alternative History of the Founding of Eastern Mennonite, 2018

A Thesis, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Art, Re... more A Thesis, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Art, Religion; December 2018, Eastern Mennonite Seminary. (C) E.K. Knappenberger

Martin Buber & Christian Anarchism by Evan K Knappenberger

I. Chrsitianity: Playing "What's not There" II. Improvisational Revolution III. Creative Cosmic R... more I. Chrsitianity: Playing "What's not There"
II. Improvisational Revolution
III. Creative Cosmic Revelation

This is a brief leftist-analysis of Martin Buber's political theoretics, how they relate to his r... more This is a brief leftist-analysis of Martin Buber's political theoretics, how they relate to his relational spiritual philosophy, and Christian Anarchism, originally written for Ted Grimsrud's class on Christian Anarchism.

Historical Theology by Evan K Knappenberger

Theology and Exegesis by Evan K Knappenberger

There is no atonement, only the deconstructive event of the cross. A compilation of Michael Gorma... more There is no atonement, only the deconstructive event of the cross. A compilation of Michael Gorman, Ted Grimsrud, J Denny Weaver, James Alison and Peter Rollins.

Philosophical reading of Genesis 25-36 (Jacob) as axial critique of ideology.

Tikkun Magazine, Apr 1, 2013

An exegesis of Colossians Hymn to Cosmic Christ in the spirit of James D.G. Dunn, Astrid Billes-B... more An exegesis of Colossians Hymn to Cosmic Christ in the spirit of James D.G. Dunn, Astrid Billes-Beck and Markus Barth, and mostly Matthew Fox. For Nancy Heisey, 2014.

Brenda Colijn's book Images of Salvation in the New Testament is an important biblical-inductive ... more Brenda Colijn's book Images of Salvation in the New Testament is an important biblical-inductive study in soteriology as it relates to the New Testament and a pacifist theology. She competently engages themes of inheritance, kingdom, eternal life, regeneration, salvation, redemption, reconciliation, justification, election, theosis, sanctification and worship. Each chapter makes thorough examination of scriptural evidence and attempts to draw out themes and textual relationships that develop a strong soteriological picture and a relational ecclesiology. This paper will examine these images, briefly summarizing Colijn's points and addressing specific critical inquiries to the topics at hand. Finally, we will conclude with a brief assessment of the sum-total of the images which Colijn has offered, and what they might mean to an alternative exegetical interpretation in the supersaturated theological environment of a world of therapeutic, moralistic deism disguised as Christianity. 2

50 Pages, published at Rocktown History, October 2023

Sine Zine, 2022

in conversation with Joseph Salyards (1808-1875), seminal poet, educator and philosopher of the Shenandoah Valley.

Edited, annotated and introduced by E.K. Knappenberger
March 2022

Shenandoah Mennonite Historical Journal, 2020

To Shake the Whole World From Error's Chain: An Alternative History of the Founding of Eastern Mennonite, 2018

Philosophical reading of Genesis 25-36 (Jacob) as axial critique of ideology.

Tikkun Magazine, Apr 1, 2013

The Sufi tradition -- especially Rumi -- has a rich and diverse perspective on Jesus, which can b... more The Sufi tradition -- especially Rumi -- has a rich and diverse perspective on Jesus, which can be saliently compared with the extra-canonical sayings Gospel Thomas.

Sine Zine, V. 3 No. 8, 2023

Knappenberger, stop complaining! We are the best army in the world, we do things as well as they ... more Knappenberger, stop complaining! We are the best army in the world, we do things as well as they can be done." So said the commanding officer of my company in 2006 in a plywood shack in the middle of Iraq.

A reading of Bonhoeffer's "Discipleship" (1937) in light of virtue ethics.

I: Power, Becoming, Reductionism. II: Non-reductionist, Non-dualist III: Sexual Identities IV: Wo... more I: Power, Becoming, Reductionism.
II: Non-reductionist, Non-dualist
III: Sexual Identities
IV: Work, Ethics, Eschatology

One year or so before he walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School with a gun and murdered, among ... more One year or so before he walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School with a gun and murdered, among others, several young children his own mother and then himself, the late Adam Lanza was a call-in guest on an Oregon radio program. 1 For nearly eight minutes, Lanza, using a pseudonym, spoke about the case of a pet chimpanzee, Travis, who went rogue in 2009, killing his owner and maiming another woman. Lanza spoke with clarity and feeling, belying simplistic portrayals of his own attitudes by the mainstream media, and challenging us all to a deeper understanding of the societal violence which percolates into our collective awareness. 2 What is of course most fascinating in listening to the recorded interchange is the clarity and obvious passion which Lanza brings to the subject matter of Travis the chimp. Delving into the social conditioning of the chimpanzee, Lanza discursively addresses some very salient points about human cultural conditioning. Of course, the underlying premise that makes the entire interchange so interesting is the implicit and retrospective knowledge that Lanza was himself planning his own rampage -but even so, Lanza's obvious empathic connection to Travis the chimp stands as evidence of his ability to formulate the internal worlds of others, demonstrating the fallacy of our own attributional thinking about psychopathology and the underlying nature of mass-murderers.

Based on Revelation Chapter 4, this is an original string quartet with trumpet. Composed for Dor... more Based on Revelation Chapter 4, this is an original string quartet with trumpet. Composed for Dorothy Jean Weaver's "Apocalyptics: Revelation" Class at Eastern Mennonite Seminary.

Sonatina (Opus 71) Mauro Giuliani (d.1821) originally for guitar, arranged by EK Knappenberger 20... more Sonatina (Opus 71) Mauro Giuliani (d.1821) originally for guitar, arranged by EK Knappenberger 2015 for violin duet.

Vals #2, Agustin Barrios Mangore, originally for classical guitar, arranged by EK Knappenberger f... more Vals #2, Agustin Barrios Mangore, originally for classical guitar, arranged by EK Knappenberger for string quartet, 2015

Vals #3, Agustin Barrios Mangore, originally for classical guitar, arranged 2015 by EK Knappenber... more Vals #3, Agustin Barrios Mangore, originally for classical guitar, arranged 2015 by EK Knappenberger for string quartet.

Gradually modern science -in quantum physics or chaos theory, for example -is making a re-evaluat... more Gradually modern science -in quantum physics or chaos theory, for example -is making a re-evaluation of [oracular] phenomena possible. A bridge is being formed to an ancient, mystical knowledge about the nature of things… and so too is our view of things changing, from an entrenched and, so to speak, linear view into a view in which all cosmic processes are part of a greater dynamic and universal process. Everything is relative and enjoys mutual influence and dependence." ~Marlies Holitzka, "I Ching"

In all of our extant scientific paradigms, western knowledge has failed drastically when it comes... more In all of our extant scientific paradigms, western knowledge has failed drastically when it comes to big explanations. There is a problem with our self-perception on the basic level of cognition -more specifically, the awareness of time -a problem that necessitates a fundamental and cosmological reformulation.

Rocktown History, 2022

Lecture given at Rocktown History, November 2022 Old South High Street, the Philo Bradley Foundry... more Lecture given at Rocktown History, November 2022
Old South High Street, the Philo Bradley Foundry, Strayer-Ligget-Early House and the Tutwiler Estate. Taken from book published by the author August, 2022.

20 August 2022 Greenspring Va

Given at Eastern Mennonite University, Apr 8, 2014