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December 2022

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...
November 11, 2022
  Recently the Conference on Faith and History hosted a panel on witch hunts, both...
November 10, 2022
If you are a serious qualified scholar of the New Testament, you can ignore this...
November 09, 2022
Today we welcome a guest contribution from Dr. Jacob Randolph. Jacob Randolph, Ph.D., is a...
November 08, 2022
A shorter version of this was published last week with the Political Theology Network symposium...
November 07, 2022
Isaac, thank you for taking the time to talk with me today. It’s so good...
November 03, 2022
The British Guardian just published a really excellent essay that should be required reading for...
November 02, 2022
Today we have the pleasure of having a guest contribution from Allison M. Brown. Allison M....
November 01, 2022
Today we have the pleasure of having a guest contribution from Dr. Alicia Jackson. Dr....

October 2022

October 31, 2022
Today we have the pleasure of featuring a guest post from Andrew Michael Jones. Andrew...
October 28, 2022
In Hall's Wilmington Gazette newspaper issue of October 1798, Jinkin Avirett posted an advertisement for...
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