Archive Index - Anxious Bench

January 30, 2025

Reading in a Streaming Age—On Limits and Academic Publishing

Today I have a guest post by Cade Jarrell, who is the Assistant Director of...

January 29, 2025

Exorcists, Omens, and Heretics: Religion Horror in the 2020s

As a genre, horror cinema has always spoken to the broader fears and values of...

January 28, 2025

What a Humble Presidential Inaugural Address Looks Like

I found myself thinking about presidential humility once again after I heard last week’s inaugural...

January 25, 2025

Was Carter a Progressive Evangelical or Centrist Politician?

When President Jimmy Carter died on December 29th, 2024, almost every obituary on the 39th...

January 24, 2025

Evangelicals, Charismatics, and Reformation Roleplay, Pt 1

Evangelicalism and ecstatic Spirit-filled movements have long had an uneasy relationship. The inclusion of Pentecostal...

January 23, 2025

How NOT To Count American Religious Extremists

The current Atlantic has an interesting piece by Stephanie McCrummen with the scary title “The...

January 22, 2025

Rebel on Main

Are memorials actual reflections of the past? What do we do with static memorials when...

January 21, 2025

Oedipus and the Tragic Flaw of Self-Deception

I am pleased to welcome Dr. Aaron Johnson to the Anxious Bench today! Dr. Johnson...

January 20, 2025

What Evangelical Influencers Love About this Inauguration

It's the 20th of January and there is a lot going on today in Washington,...

January 17, 2025

Windstorms and Wildfires: Finding Christ Among Devastation

As I sit down in the local library to write this post, I can see...

January 16, 2025

The Prophet Micaiah and Divine Deception

I offer a column on themes of deception, false identity, and the utter unreliability of...

January 15, 2025

Rest by the Koi Pond: Journey with Japanese Literature

"Nature is beautiful because it comes to my eyes before death." Kawabata Yasunari Recently David...

January 14, 2025

History and Ourselves: Story, The Past, and Responsibility

David Blight, the eminent Civil War historian, begins every class he teaches in the same...

January 13, 2025

Armenia’s Struggle and a New Look at Secularist Violence

I hope I might be forgiven for using this post to make known two publications...

January 11, 2025

New Interim Editor of the Anxious Bench

When I first was asked to be the editor of the Anxious Bench, I was...

January 09, 2025

Of Lone-Wolf Terrorists, Jihadis, and Nazis

After the recent horrors in New Orleans, we have heard a huge amount about lone...

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