Ad Fontes: Discovering Erasmus
In this speech given in Milan (2016), Jeff Fountain takes us through a historical ride & timetable on Key people such as Erasmus and how they shaped the vision of the church and the urge to go back to the…
East-west (mis)understandings
Romania’s presidency of the Council of the European Union comes at an awkward time. Brexit looms in a matter of weeks. Populist parties threaten to gain seats in European Parliament elections in May. Sharp differences separate east and west on…
The arrest and escape of Schuman (Part III)
From Jeff Fountain’s book Deeply Rooted (Part I here, Part II here) The advance of German forces invading France in May 1940, and sweeping around the ‘impregnable’ Maginot Line, forced waves of refugees to head westward from Lorraine. Schuman was then brought into…
Why European Studies Matter
The first intake of students for our new Master’s degree in Missional Leadership and European Studies takes place this coming June, in partnership with ForMission College and Newman University in Birmingham. Candidates will attend four study days in Amsterdam each semester for two years,…
The arrest and escape of Schuman (Part II)
From Jeff Fountain’s book Deeply Rooted - Part I here Study in Germany had exposed Schuman to the impact of Chancellor Bismarck’s Kulturkampf against the Catholic church from 1871 to 1878, and helped him see the need for legal skills to defend religious…
