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November 2023

November 16, 2023
My current work on Lived Religion constantly reminds me of how very similar are the...
November 15, 2023
I remember the first time I read the New Testament book of Acts. It was...
November 14, 2023
Today I have the pleasure of welcoming a guest contribution from my Wheaton College colleague...
November 13, 2023
One of the challenges of writing intellectual history is the task of summing up large...
November 10, 2023
While as a Christian historian I frequently interact with people who are wrestling with their...
November 09, 2023
My current work involves the topic of Lived Religion, which over the past few decades...
November 08, 2023
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. - Romans 12:21 It...
November 07, 2023
It’s hard to read the news right now. The ongoing reports from Israel and Gaza...
November 06, 2023
A couple of weeks ago, I had the great honor of participating in a symposium...
November 03, 2023
My present work concerns the topic of Lived Religion, which will be the subject of...
November 02, 2023
In 2021 I published the book Climate, Catastrophe, and Faith: How Changes in Climate Driven...
November 01, 2023
I am presently revising my textbook on the History of the United States, for a...

October 2023

October 31, 2023
Every Halloween for several years, I have posted something that is oriented to horror, weird...
October 30, 2023
This is the first of two Halloween offerings from me this year. Earlier this year...
October 26, 2023
by Janine Giordano Drake Lucas Miles, author of The Christian Left: How Liberal Thought Has...
October 26, 2023
As I have remarked in a couple of recent posts, I am currently writing a...
October 25, 2023
I am delighted to welcome Lucy S. R. Austen to the Anxious Bench to talk...
October 24, 2023
“Nones” now comprise 28 percent of the American adult population, according to survey data that...
October 23, 2023
  Last weekend, Wadea Al-Fayoume, a six-year-old Palestinian American boy in Illinois, was stabbed to...
October 20, 2023
This is the first post in a two-part series on the history Southern Baptist perceptions...
October 19, 2023
Our standard impression of the Medieval Christian world is distorted. The conventional picture suggests a...
October 18, 2023
On Carter's so-called "malaise speech," the most theologically profound speech by an American president since...
October 17, 2023
This post is part of a series at the Anxious Bench on ‘Contested Ideas in...
October 16, 2023
Hi! I am a cultural sociologist on a tour of Texas Megachurches. Check out my...
October 12, 2023
This post is part of a series at the Anxious Bench on ‘Contested Ideas in...
October 11, 2023
There is a street in Jerusalem whose history sheds a different, more personal and human...
October 10, 2023
Early on Saturday morning October 7, over a thousand Hamas attacked Israeli citizens and military,...
October 09, 2023
American evangelicals have a categorical problem. I’m not talking about our denominations, our broader theological...
October 06, 2023
  The Jesuits just won’t go away. In my classroom today, when discussing Christian missions...
October 05, 2023
J. Christopher Edwards has a new book out this week entitled Crucified: The Christian Invention...
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