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I don’t know where I am. That might sound like a desperate confession by an...

When Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced that six books written by the late bestselling children’s author...

Padilla earned his reputation as an enfant terrible who showed no fear in challenging white...

Chris introduces us to a Lutheran pastor less famous than Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Niemöller,...

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and in a year when racism and violence...

Today we have a guest post concerning a topic that is near and dear to...

It may seem strange to think about the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving in the springtime, but...

I have a cookie every night before bed. I'm not sure whether this is physically...

Guest blogger Anika Prather explains the liberating effects of the classics on Black leaders like...

For a new book projective tentatively entitled “Unholy Wars: Secularist Violence in Modern History,” I...

I have a long standing interest in archaeology, dating back to the late 1960s. I...

It’s Beth Allison Barr week at The Anxious Bench, and for good reason. The Making...

Today Chris Gehrz and I are collaborating to talk about Vice President Walter F. Mondale,...

Chris celebrates the release of Beth Barr's book on "biblical womanhood" by telling the story...

Here is a question. What passages in the Bible are deliberately intended to target or...

This post offers suggestions for beginning a research project of any kind, and particularly in...

It was more than a decade ago, but I still remember that moment vividly. It...

“Dr. Barr, I don’t know where to look?!” Twelfth-century columns soared high over our heads,...

Chris shares an outtake from his forthcoming religious biography of Charles Lindbergh. (Just be sure...

Today is a guest post. My Baylor colleague Elizabeth Flowers has a new co-edited collection...

Today I welcome a guest blogpost from Crawford Gribben, who has published extensively on the...

This is a lightly revised post from last summer, placed where it belongs, at Eastertide....

Wheaton College Wrestles with Its Discourse of Missions

Chris explains how the tragic story of an Arctic expedition illustrates why, "for some Westerners...

Last week, on one of the holiest days of the Christian year, over 120 families...

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, the Easter Triduum... but for much of Christian history,...

I’ve written in this space from time to time on the subject of Christian scholarship,...

It’s been a long year. Literally. Historians divide eras by cultural moments rather than strict...

Chris celebrates the PBS genealogy show, Finding Your Roots, whose host reminds us that the...

Tell me how you phrase the question and I will tell you the answer you...