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May 2023

May 12, 2023
Spoiler Alert: This article works with cultural memes and identity politics from the most recent...
May 11, 2023
Today’s post is about one very specific event, but it gets centrally to the way...
May 10, 2023
It seems that whenever I hear Christians talk about the consequences of Adam and Eve's...
May 09, 2023
Earlier today, Tuesday May 9, Collin Hansen released an interview with historian Molly Worthen on...
May 05, 2023
The Decline of History Scores The National Assessment of Educational Progress has reported that 8th...
May 04, 2023
I wrote recently about the year 1453, which marked the Fall of Constantinople, and therefore...
May 02, 2023
For me, the first of May always feels like the changing of a season– perhaps...
May 01, 2023
Along with lamentations, the horrific recent shooting at the Covenant School also created a crises...

April 2023

April 27, 2023
“The Fall of Constantinople is a personal misfortune that happened to all of us only...
April 26, 2023
Several months ago I took my first trip to the Jewish and Christian Holy Land....
April 25, 2023
This month at the Anxious Bench, a number of columnists are participating in a joint...
April 24, 2023
    During the month of April at the Anxious Bench, a number of our...
April 21, 2023
During the month of April at the Anxious Bench, a number of our columnists are...
April 20, 2023
This post concerns a year in which not much happened, or at least, far less...
April 19, 2023
The Tree Flag is an almost perfect representation of Christian nationalism, especially in its use...
April 18, 2023
It was July 2014. My colleague Tommy Kidd and I were walking across Baylor campus...
April 17, 2023
In my last two posts, I argued that the histories of the U.S. Black Church...
April 14, 2023
Christ healing a bleeding woman, as depicted in the Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter Now...
April 13, 2023
This post concerns an academic issue that might seem, well, academic, but it does get...
April 12, 2023
This essay was originally published at Current.  This month at the Anxious Bench, a number...
April 11, 2023
During the month of April at the Anxious Bench, a number of our columnists are...
April 10, 2023
[This essay draws from a recent speaking engagement in Kathmandu, Nepal] “Islam” isn’t the first...
April 07, 2023
This week my husband and I watched the last episode of Derry Girls. I had...
April 06, 2023
Over the next few Sundays, churchgoers are going to hear a lot about the journey...
April 04, 2023
At a conference a few weeks ago, in a keynote on medieval cosmologies, the keynote...
April 03, 2023
During the month of April at the Anxious Bench, a number of our columnists are...

March 2023

March 31, 2023
Deerfield was attacked on February 29, 1704 during Queen Anne’s War. Four dozen French soldiers...
March 30, 2023
It’s fair to say that most Christians are respectfully aware of the Talmud as something...
March 29, 2023
The Genesis of Gender by Abigail Favale articulates a version of sexual difference egalitarianism. This...
March 28, 2023
The story has been repeated so many times that it’s now one of the most...
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