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February 2019
February 19, 2019
In the 17th century, Galileo argued that faith and science answered different questions using different...
February 18, 2019
I have written a lot through the years about Christian origins and their Jewish background,...
February 15, 2019
I have strong prejudices concerning matters of immigration. I am an immigrant to the US,...
February 14, 2019
Over the past two decades, many public and quasi-private institutions of higher education have stripped...
February 13, 2019
How a Korean Christian's encounter with racial segregation soured him on America
February 12, 2019
Meet Frank Buchman, whose Moral Re-Armament movement was endorsed by political and economic leaders, even...
February 11, 2019
Soon the Dalai Lama will mark his 60th year of exile from China. If you...
February 10, 2019
Horrifying as this morning's report about sexual abuse in Southern Baptist churches is, Chris argues...
February 08, 2019
Unless you have been living in a cave, you will undoubtedly have noted the furious...
February 07, 2019
It’s Lunar New Year this week, and across the country, Chinese Americans are ushering in...
February 06, 2019
In July 1934, the deacons met at First Baptist Church Elm Mott, a Southern Baptist...
February 05, 2019
Chris shares five books on black history that he's hoping to read this month.
February 04, 2019
Last time, I discussed the dilemma of how we commemorate early leaders who bought or...
February 01, 2019
Recently, John Turner contributed an important post concerning John Myles, one of the founders of...
January 2019
January 31, 2019
In an era in which politicians like Bernie Sanders talk about making college "free," Bryan...
January 30, 2019
On February 1, 1973, Senator Mark Hatfield (R) of Oregon delivered a stinging address at...
January 29, 2019
Why evangelical readers should follow a new Patheos blog from a pastor-scholar with ample experience...
January 28, 2019
But we expect it to be—don’t we? What is the big deal about winter if...
January 25, 2019
Last year's terror attack in Pittsburgh highlighted the often-ignored US tradition of violent anti-Semitism. Not...
January 24, 2019
Today Peter Choi, author of the new book George Whitefield: Evangelist for God and Empire...
January 23, 2019
I am so pleased to welcome guest blogger Leslie Hahner, PhD, to The Anxious Bench...
January 22, 2019
The time machine is a staple of science fiction... but do some machines actually help...
January 21, 2019
I am using a map to illustrate some long term megatrends in the history of...
January 18, 2019
The world of Classics is currently facing intense debates over race and racism, and the...
January 17, 2019
John Myles (sometimes written Miles) was among the most important Baptist ministers in seventeenth-century New...
January 16, 2019
An evangelical seminary tries to reckon with its history of white supremacy
January 15, 2019
An Anxious Bench book club: 12 books by - and mostly about - women that...
January 11, 2019
This past Christmas season was darkened by the loss of a great friend who was...
January 10, 2019
The families, homes, and clutter habits featured on the Netflix reality show Tidying Up with...
January 09, 2019
"White Jesus has blood on him." Angela Tarango, Associate Professor of Religion at Trinity University,...
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