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December 2022

December 27, 2022
2022 was the most momentous year in the history of American abortion politics since 1973....
December 26, 2022
The winter holidays are a time when Americans celebrate home and family. Consider the songs...
December 23, 2022
Merry Christmas and Christmas season! As I have been preparing to write my first book...
December 22, 2022
My new book is He Will Save You from the Deadly Pestilence: The Many Lives...
December 21, 2022
We all give thanks that the excesses of the Reformation didn’t kill Christmas in the...
December 20, 2022
For the past three weeks I've been leading my Sunday School class through the history...
December 19, 2022
I have been writing a chapter on the history of Baptists in Latin America for...
December 16, 2022
“In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word...
December 15, 2022
The feast of Hanukkah begins this year on the evening of Sunday, December 18. Although...
December 14, 2022
Since my earliest memories, my life has been defined by books. I have always loved...
December 13, 2022
James Diddams recently published a piece at First Things provocatively entitled "The Real Problem at...
December 12, 2022
The war in Ukraine has called attention to the country’s religious life and its history....
December 09, 2022
Today the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of San Juan Diego, the first indigenous saint...
December 08, 2022
I am delighted to announce the imminent publication of my new book! It is titled...
December 07, 2022
The discussion around Jay Green’s piece last week is beginning to die down and Beth...
December 06, 2022
I only recently learned about Mike Winger. A friend alerted me that he had posted...
December 05, 2022
As some of you may have heard, earlier this fall, the Rev. Charles Melvin Sherrod,...
December 02, 2022
This past Monday John Fea’s (21K f.; Messiah University Professor; author of Believe Me; past...
December 01, 2022
Pope Francis has recently issued statements about the Ukraine war that are so mind-bogglingly at...

November 2022

November 30, 2022
Last month I asked whether pluralism can work in American higher education. What are the...
November 29, 2022
I have becoming increasingly convinced that the preservation of a functioning democracy in which human...
November 28, 2022
  Now that Thanksgiving is past and the holiday season has officially begun, I’m ready...
November 24, 2022
The season of Advent begins this year next Sunday, November 27. This is one of...
November 23, 2022
My third--and final--post on the legacy of Ron Sider
November 22, 2022
My past caught up with me last week. I stood on the West Campus of...
November 18, 2022
“Don’t believe those indios, Vero,” the Mexican scholar told me in Spanish as we walked...
November 17, 2022
I have been posting about the Bible's genocidal texts. In my experience, many Christians who...
November 16, 2022
I am currently in the process of finalizing revisions of my book, Cultural Christians in...
November 15, 2022
Last month, I enjoyed attending the Baylor Institute for the Study of Religion's virtual conference,...
November 14, 2022
A few weeks ago, I delivered the J.M. Dawson Fall Lecture at Baylor University titled...
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