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July 11, 2025
Extracting Voices from the Archives: María de la Paz’s Story
Lynneth Renburg’s discussion of archival silences and archival shouting in Listening to Archival Silence: History...
July 10, 2025
1893: What Would Jesus Do To Improve the Race?
In 1893, Congregationalist minister Josiah Strong (1847-1916) was a leading figure in the Social Gospel...
July 09, 2025
Min Jin Lee and the Art of Historical Fiction
Last month's post I briefly discussed the topic of summer reading. Before that post, I...
July 04, 2025
Does the Declaration of Independence Still Matter?
We love a nice round number—and 250 years since the U.S. War of Independence began...
July 03, 2025
1893: The Making of the American Empire
Dealing as it does in broadly national and patriotic themes, I think the following post...
July 01, 2025
The Cats of Cyprus (Church History on Vacation)
On a recent trip to Turkey and Greece, where I loved the churches, mosques, and...
June 2025
June 26, 2025
1893: Crash, Crisis, and Anti-Catholicism
In my current project on the early 1890s, I have written a good deal about...
June 24, 2025
The Real Significance of Dobbs
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade three years ago today in the case...
June 23, 2025
Trump’s God-Gilded Realpolitik Ended the 12-Day War
Apparently, the 12-day War is ending, all thanks to Trump's God-gilded realpolitik. What do I...
June 20, 2025
Southern Baptists and the ‘Main Thing’
If you pay any attention to Southern Baptist media surrounding the SBC’s annual conventions, you...
June 19, 2025
1893: The Spiritual Revolution of New Thought
A current project of mine focuses on the year of 1893 as a critical turning...
June 18, 2025
Zion: America’s First Techno-Utopia
“All hail to the Printing Press and all its beautiful adjuncts, and all hail to...
June 17, 2025
Ancient Church Discipline: On Sin and Rehabilitation
Moral failings in the church are not a new phenomenon—to read the pages of Christian...
June 13, 2025
You Are Enough: Walking the Caminito de Santiago Compostela
“To go on pilgrimage is not simply to visit a place to admire its treasures...
June 12, 2025
1893: Reading the Bible Through the Eyes of Anthropology
My recent blogs have focused on the year 1893, which I believe marked multiple critical...
June 11, 2025
Summer Reading with Elie Wiesel
It is summer time and it is usually the season I try to get as...
June 09, 2025
Evangelicals, CRT, and the Genetic Fallacy
Recently I was discussing Critical Race Theory with a professor colleague of mine who in...
June 06, 2025
Why the Grandparent Effect Still Matters Today
The Grandparent Effect I didn’t grow up with a grandparent nearby. And while my parents...
June 05, 2025
Fire From Heaven: Whitsun and Pentecost
This post offer a translation between British and American English, and suggests why you really...
June 03, 2025
Listening to Archival Silence: History and Hidden Voices
Today’s post is a mix of methodological and personal musings, thinking about how our work...
June 02, 2025
A Rise in Black Christian Nationalism?
If you follow data and polling around religion and American politics, you’ve probably (whether knowingly...
May 2025
May 29, 2025
1893: Feminists, Hidden Gospels, Witches, and Occult Powers
I have been describing the cultural and spiritual transformations that occurred in the United States...
May 27, 2025
Chronicling the Elusive Joseph Smith
A review of John G. Turner, Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American...
May 23, 2025
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Who Can Be Called “Pastor”?
It's almost Southern Baptist Convention season again and, as the argument over women's roles in...
May 22, 2025
1893: Reading the Bible as Mythology
I am currently writing about the year 1893, and arguing that it was of immense...
May 21, 2025
When Did Pentecostals Start Liking the Pope?
Growing up Pentecostal, my introduction to Catholic life came slowly and almost accidentally when a...
May 20, 2025
Nicene Worship: Then and Now
I had the privilege of attending a conference in Rome on the Council of Nicaea...
May 16, 2025
From Sede Vacante to Habemus Papam: Welcoming Pope Leo XIV
Last Thursday morning, May 8, 2025, as I finished up a morning Zoom call with...
May 15, 2025
1893 And The Making of Modern America
There are years when everything seems to happen at once, years that shape conditions for...
May 14, 2025
Joan vs Joan: Feelings and Tanks
"Above all, she is the girl who 'feels' things"—Joan Didion about Joan Baez (Didion, 48)...
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