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May 14, 2026
Scriptures: Lost, Found, and Forged
I have been posting about the loss and rediscovery of venerated ancient texts, including Scriptures....
May 13, 2026
Has-been (You’re only as hot as your last hit, baby)
I have to admit that I am a little bit obsessed with Taylor Swift's song...
May 12, 2026
White Whales and Early Republic Indian Rights Petitions
"Your Petitioners believe in the Republican doctrine that all men are born free and are...
May 11, 2026
Protestant-Catholic Reconciliation in Europe?
Review of Udi Greenberg, The End of Schism: Catholics, Protestants, and the Remaking of European...
May 08, 2026
¡Que Viva Cristo Rey! La Cristiada martyrs 100 years later
The 5 first-class relics of Cristero martyrs displayed during Mass on a table with the...
May 07, 2026
Books, Epics, and Scriptures, Lost and Found
My recent posts have explored various lost texts, mainly in the context of ancient Greek...
May 05, 2026
Bad Sermons, Political Violence, and Evil May Day of 1517
Anyone who has spent much time in the church has probably heard a bad sermon...
April 2026
April 30, 2026
7,000 Lines of Homer, and Only One Survived
The Lost Epics of Thebes Last time I discussed just how distressingly much of ancient...
April 27, 2026
An Epilogue to Our God Is an Awesome Brand
I turned in my manuscript to Our God Is an Awesome Brand on the twilight of Eastertide...
April 24, 2026
Conversion from Below
I’m researching Catholic families in seventeenth century England. Catholicism was outlawed and its practice could...
April 23, 2026
All The Epics We Have Lost
My current research involves the loss and rediscovery of Jewish and Christian scriptures, with a...
April 21, 2026
Just War, Non-Violence, and Pete Hegseth
In a homily on Palm Sunday, Pope Leo XIV condemned violence and war and those...
April 16, 2026
Is This Your Son, My Lord?
Helen H Gardener (1853–1925) was a celebrated reformer in the Gilded Age and Progressive era,...
April 15, 2026
Field Report: Pentecostal Christianity and Global Modernity?
I’ve been interested in a sort of apparent paradox over the last few months. You...
April 13, 2026
How Diversity Drives Sanctification After Easter
Diversity and Sanctification A week ago we celebrated Easter, Christ’s victory over death, hell, and...
April 10, 2026
Cracking Cascarones in a Cemetery
Author's children cleaning their grandfather's headstone We walked gingerly over the browning grass and the...
April 09, 2026
Exit, Pursued by Theosophists
Shakespeare has the legendary stage direction “Exit, pursued by a bear.” My own version of...
April 08, 2026
The Fall of the American Gideon
"It became a snare to Gideon and to his house" Judges 8:27 I debated for...
April 07, 2026
Updating the Readings: Recent Books on Women and the Church
I’ve not been thinking a lot about teaching this year– while in Norway on a...
April 02, 2026
Ray Bradbury’s Great Christian Story
I have a dilemma. I want to share my enthusiasm for a literary work that...
March 2026
March 27, 2026
Letters of Recommendation: The Last of the Correspondence?
I wrote recently about the importance of letters as a form of evidence for...
March 26, 2026
The Foundations of Re-Enchantment
I recently came across a book that resonated with so many of my interests! This...
March 23, 2026
Preserving the Past
I love working with primary sources. I love collecting primary sources. On my current book...
March 20, 2026
Why Doing History in Seminaries (and Everywhere) is Hard
“I sat in my car and cried for ten minutes before driving home.” That’s what...
March 19, 2026
The Laboratories of American Religion
In 1932, Louis Brandeis offered a brilliant justification for American federalism when he remarked that...
March 18, 2026
Epic Fury in the End-Times: Exploring Pentecostal War Ethics
Since its inception, the ongoing Iran conflict has been awash in religious rhetoric. Secretary of...
March 17, 2026
Mothers of the Church: Syncletica of Alexandria
Amidst writing this post, I had to take a break to sweep and mop the...
March 13, 2026
Despositio Alleluia – Burying the Alleluia for Lent
The solemn procession began late one February evening. The soft tones of Gregorian chant guided...
March 12, 2026
Science, Superstition, and Standard Bearers
I have written in the past about how invaluable cartoons and caricatures can be for...
March 11, 2026
God is in the midst of her
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help...
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