Evangelicalism

The story of evangelicals' attempt to launch an Ivy League-quality research university in the 1950s

“I hate Paul.” I can’t tell you how many times I have heard that from...

There’s a reason why Hollywood loves to caricature evangelists as money-grubbing, secretly sex-crazed hypocrites. It’s...

Back in the 1980s, Ronald Wells announced that he would like to resign as an...

On the campaign against loose morals in the 1920s and how contemporary support for Roy...

  Today’s guest post comes from Raully Donahue. Donahue took a PhD in European history...

This is from my Anxious Bench archives. It is still one of my favorites, even though...

Is evangelical identity based on a shared story, a religious version of a national narrative?

"Water You turned into wine; Opened the eyes of the blind; There's no one like...

What happens when a religious establishment implodes? In his magisterial Darkness Falls on the Land...

How evangelical individualism justifies the use of torture

"From 1950 until the 1990s," writes Andrew Finstuen in his contribution to Billy Graham: American...

With evangelicals facing mounting evidence of decline, Chris suggests four steps for renewal, drawn from...

Lincoln Mullen is the author of the recently published The Chance of Salvation: A History...

I worry that evangelicals have become too comfortable with hiding our inaction behind the guise...

Imagine for a moment a team of anthropologists walking through your door, taking a look...

Riding the London Eye is deceptively peaceful.  The city that slowly unfolds below seems a...

I don’t know Carl Trueman or Rod Dreher, but I do know many people who...

Today we welcome Janine Giordano Drake to the Anxious Bench. Janine is Assistant Professor of History...

The Bakker’s had become proponents of the prosperity gospel, a message that fit the 1980s...

I'm pleased to post this interview with Mark Lempke, who just published the terrific book...

A growing body of evidence points to a pitched battle between evangelical and churchly Protestants...

American Christians invoke John Wesley on all manner of subjects including sanctification, the sacraments, and...

I found myself thinking about complementarianism while watching the new Wonder Woman movie.

Senator Bernie Sanders opposed the nomination of Russell Vought as deputy director of the Office...

My research on the antitrafficking movement in Thailand primarily tracked American Christian networks. As I...

It’s good to be back at the Anxious Bench after a spring semester hiatus. As...

Several months ago I heard a catchy phrase preached in a sermon. But it wasn't...

Are we at the end of one era in the history of evangelicalism and the...

Amid the semester's end, the following is adapted and slightly updated from the Anxious Bench archives... One...