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August 2022

August 22, 2022
  Mindy Kaling’s comedy Never Have I Ever returned to Netflix for a third season...
August 19, 2022
This probably should have been my introductory piece, but now it has been precipitated by...
August 18, 2022
I research and publish a lot in history. The more I do, the more struck...
August 17, 2022
I’m pleased to welcome Devin Manzullo-Thomas to the Anxious Bench. He is assistant professor of...
August 16, 2022
“Where does it say that?” he asked. I handed him my iPad. We stood on...
August 15, 2022
This blogpost concerns the apocalyptic crises that periodically afflict the world. I choose that A-word...
August 12, 2022
I am leaving Academia for homeschooling. There. I said it. In three days, I am...
August 11, 2022
I have the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Veronica Gutierrez as a new regular contributor to...
August 11, 2022
I have been writing about the alarming Bible passages in which God commands the destruction...
August 10, 2022
The story sounds familiar in some respects. A member of the royal family, enthralled with...
August 09, 2022
George Whitefield canceled John Tillotson. Tillotson was one of the most influential ecclesial figures during...
August 08, 2022
If the invasion of Ukraine at the instigation of a former KGB agent were not...
August 05, 2022
“My people are an apocalyptic people. We have resources to help you prepare for the...
August 04, 2022
I have the pleasure to welcome another new regular contributor to the Anxious Bench, Lisa...
August 04, 2022
And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee;...
August 03, 2022
If there is one thing that has been drilled into my mind as a historian,...
August 02, 2022
I honestly couldn’t decide what to write for today. Should I tackle Kevin DeYoung’s Desiring...
August 01, 2022
If you work on any historical era before quite modern times, you soon get used...

July 2022

July 29, 2022
Those who are righteous will be long remembered… Their good deeds will be remembered forever....
July 28, 2022
I firmly believe that the climate is changing, the world is warming in response to...
July 27, 2022
I am delighted to welcome Sam Young back to the Anxious Bench for more of...
July 26, 2022
What happens to American politics and culture when white southerners in the Bible belt quit...
July 25, 2022
Last week the advocacy organization Stop AAPI Hate issued its newest report about anti-Asian racism...
July 22, 2022
Today we welcome the Reverend Doctor Malcolm Foley with his inaugural contribution as a regular...
July 21, 2022
Over the course of this coming fall, you will see new faces join the "Bench."...
July 21, 2022
Tomorrow, July 22, celebrates St. Mary Magdalene, a figure who in modern times has become...
July 20, 2022
How evangelicals abet a culture of masculine aggression
July 19, 2022
I'm so pleased to welcome Katherine Goodwin back to The Anxious Bench. Katherine is. PhD...
July 18, 2022
My current work on icons and iconoclasm has reacquainted me with an old friend, namely...
July 14, 2022
Some years ago, James Noyes published his book The Politics of Iconoclasm: Religion, Violence and...
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