A major museum acquisition makes SMU a global center of Methodist history
The World Methodist Museum collection moves to Dallas.
A lighted cross stands at a Methodist retreat area at Lake Junaluska in North Carolina.(Anthony Elia/Special contributor)
By Anthony J. Elia
This column is part of our ongoing Opinion commentary on faith, called
“Junaluska’s contributions to our cultural life will be as flexible and adaptable as the Christian spirit.”
In January 1950, Mason Crum, a professor of religion at Duke University, penned these final words to the preface of his book
The Story of Lake Junaluska. The curious simplicity and beauty of the resort town in the western Carolina Smoky Mountains easily captivates the wayfarer, passerby, or motoring tourist.
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Jul 9, 2021
Ohio’s latest scenic byway has been launched in southwest Ohio.
The Quaker Heritage Scenic Byway includes the major sites of Ohio Quaker settlements in Wilmington and Waynesville. Travelers along the byway will find Quaker historical societies, the Quaker Heritage Center at Wilmington College, the Clinton County Historical Society, the Museum at the Friends Home, the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce, as well as current and historical Quaker meetinghouses. The byway also includes historical points of interest with ties to the Quaker heritage of the area like the first school for free African Americans in Harveysburg.
The 54-mile long byway seeks to foster a new awareness of cultural and historical diversity in rural southwest Ohio with stops along the way telling the story of Quakers who migrated to the region from the late 18th to the late 20th centuries.