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I have often taught courses on Christian history, and on Global/World Christianity. There is one...

One of the reasons that the conversation about abortion is so polarizing in the United...

Part two in Chris' "oral" history of this blog covers the period from 2015 to...

Among his many other exceptional qualities, Abraham Lincoln had high regard for his stepmother. Sarah...

The Biblical world at various eras is probably the most intensely studied society in human...

"Have you been to St. Thomas yet?" The question buzzed my phone. It was from...

This month The Anxious Bench celebrates its 10th anniversary by telling its own story... starting...

More than usually, I am currently living in two different worlds, and traveling between them,...

Much of Christian theology and doctrine grows out of St. Paul’s letters to various congregations...

A trip in which we interrogate our familial and religious heritage

What will the end of Roe v. Wade really mean for abortion in America?  If...

  Scholars have long described the global ambitions of White Protestant American as rooted in...

I have invented a new discipline, the Theology of Punctuation. Some years ago, I published...

Grove City College, a small liberal arts institution in Pennsylvania, has been in the news....

As his university concludes its 150th anniversary, Chris considers how it remains — in the words...

The evangelist Luke tells us about a couple who were en route to Emmaus, when...

This week marks the one year anniversary of The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation...

Should a conservative Christian study history in a liberal secular academic institution? I was reminded...

Over the past week, we have heard a great deal about Jesus's Resurrection, open tombs,...

Two weeks after Russian tanks first rolled into Ukraine, the Time Magazine’s March 14 issue...

Chris considers another analogy between WWII and the war in Ukraine: how the arguments made...

I have recently had the pleasure of hosting a two-speaker conference on the theme of...

In several past blogs, I have commented on the extreme difficulty of reading the New...

I'm currently on a research trip in England, so am posting from my Anxious Bench...

In recent days, Marc Chagall's WWII-era painting of a "Ukrainian Family" has been circulating on...

During Holy Week, it's tempting to think about the way, or rather, the Way. That...

Husezo Rhakho is a doctoral student in the Religion Department at Baylor University. He holds...

As empires spread around the world, they carry with them ideas and institutions, and terminology,...

Reflections on a book of peace written by a violent man

Why go to college? How do you find a good fit? Is the cost worth...