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May 22, 2023
On Choosing Well: Advice for Graduates and Reflections on Boyz II Men and My First Mixtape
May is my favorite month of the year, not only because it’s Asian American...
May 18, 2023
Plethon’s Renaissance
My recent work has concerned the Byzantine world in its last days, and that exploration...
May 17, 2023
Born-again Friar: Saint Francis of Assisi among Evangelicals
On the many American evangelical uses of a medieval saint
May 16, 2023
Holy Folly: On the Billy Graham Rule, Twitter Feuds, and the Idolatry of Reputation
Serapion Sindonites was a devout monk from the fourth century who had the Scriptures memorized,...
May 15, 2023
A Brief Musing After a Recent Trip to Brazil
I just returned from a trip to Brazil, which involved research in three major cities:...
May 12, 2023
A Tale of Two Coaches: Ted Lasso and Bill McCartney
Spoiler Alert: This article works with cultural memes and identity politics from the most recent...
May 11, 2023
Byzantium, The Greek Language, and the Making of Modern Christianity
Today’s post is about one very specific event, but it gets centrally to the way...
May 10, 2023
Discerning Vocation: Walking Away from Academia
It seems that whenever I hear Christians talk about the consequences of Adam and Eve's...
May 09, 2023
The Evangelical Conversion Narrative of Molly Worthen
Earlier today, Tuesday May 9, Collin Hansen released an interview with historian Molly Worthen on...
May 05, 2023
The Myth of the Decline of History Education
The Decline of History Scores The National Assessment of Educational Progress has reported that 8th...
May 04, 2023
The Wars After The War: Just What Did End In 1945?
I wrote recently about the year 1453, which marked the Fall of Constantinople, and therefore...
May 02, 2023
Thoughts from Julian of Norwich for Changing Seasons
For me, the first of May always feels like the changing of a season– perhaps...
May 01, 2023
Justin Jones, Diane Nash, and the Long Struggle
Along with lamentations, the horrific recent shooting at the Covenant School also created a crises...
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April 27, 2023
The Myth of 1453 and the Modern Political Right
“The Fall of Constantinople is a personal misfortune that happened to all of us only...
April 26, 2023
A Western Woman at the Western Wall: On Breaking Down Barriers
Several months ago I took my first trip to the Jewish and Christian Holy Land....
April 25, 2023
The Churches That Honor Guns
This month at the Anxious Bench, a number of columnists are participating in a joint...
April 24, 2023
On God and Guns: Scenes from the 2023 NRA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis
During the month of April at the Anxious Bench, a number of our...
April 21, 2023
Keep Hope Alive
During the month of April at the Anxious Bench, a number of our columnists are...
April 20, 2023
The Myth Of 1453, And How Empires Do Not End
This post concerns a year in which not much happened, or at least, far less...
April 19, 2023
The Tree Flag and Christian Nationalism
The Tree Flag is an almost perfect representation of Christian nationalism, especially in its use...
April 18, 2023
My Career on The Anxious Bench–How it Started and How it is Ending
It was July 2014. My colleague Tommy Kidd and I were walking across Baylor campus...
April 17, 2023
Hemispheric Histories for Racial and Ethnic Solidarity, Part III (Conclusion)
In my last two posts, I argued that the histories of the U.S. Black Church...
April 14, 2023
A Hysterectomy during Holy Week: Reaching for the Hem of Christ’s Garment
Christ healing a bleeding woman, as depicted in the Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter Now...
April 13, 2023
Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral? Teaching and Testing Knowledge
This post concerns an academic issue that might seem, well, academic, but it does get...
April 12, 2023
What Child Is This?
This essay was originally published at Current. This month at the Anxious Bench, a number...
April 11, 2023
Second Amendment Rights Is About Protecting White Supremacy
During the month of April at the Anxious Bench, a number of our columnists are...
April 10, 2023
Islam’s Future in Kathmandu
[This essay draws from a recent speaking engagement in Kathmandu, Nepal] “Islam” isn’t the first...
April 07, 2023
Derry Girls, Nostalgia, and the 1990s
This week my husband and I watched the last episode of Derry Girls. I had...
April 06, 2023
Emmaus: Whether a Man or a Woman?
Over the next few Sundays, churchgoers are going to hear a lot about the journey...
April 04, 2023
Who is the Center of the Story? Medieval Maps and Modern Margins
At a conference a few weeks ago, in a keynote on medieval cosmologies, the keynote...
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