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February 2022

February 21, 2022
Is there any way to weave together the cultural materials at hand to withstand what...
February 17, 2022
Any long term history of Christianity must pay proper attention to one key turning point,...
February 16, 2022
Today we welcome David Nanninga to the Anxious Bench. David is a first year Masters...
February 15, 2022
“Boycott China’s Winter Olympics?”, asked a Christianity Today headline last week. “Many American Christians Agree.”...
February 14, 2022
Migration is a principal force driving religious change and growth, and I have posted on...
February 11, 2022
A guest post today from a rising scholar whom I admire, namely João Chaves. Here...
February 10, 2022
Empires shape religions, whether by spreading faiths, or particular forms of belief and practice. Much...
February 09, 2022
On the radical roots of WWJD
February 08, 2022
Many conservative white evangelicals are now embracing social justice causes that are often associated with...
February 07, 2022
  The United States has made real progress in aiding the approximately 80,000 Afghans evacuated...
February 04, 2022
In the coming months, we are going to be hearing a great deal about the...
February 03, 2022
Empires draw the maps of great religions. In the case of Christianity, so much is...
February 02, 2022
Lately, social media—particularly Christian social media—has been depressing me. There’s just so much arguing and...
February 01, 2022
Chris tells the story of Ethel Ruff, the first — and, in her lifetime, only — woman...

January 2022

January 31, 2022
Empires give particular religions a vastly greater geographical spread than they might otherwise have had,...
January 28, 2022
Chris previews the long-postponed next meeting of the Conference on Faith and History, coming to...
January 27, 2022
I have been writing about how empires spread and shape religions. The most obvious feature...
January 26, 2022
On January 27, 1945, the Red Army arrived in the Polish town of Auschwitz, in...
January 25, 2022
I'll write a more traditional post later in the week, but today let me put...
January 24, 2022
I have recently completed teaching a study-abroad course with students from both Gordon College (where...
January 21, 2022
I am currently exploring the role of empires in shaping religion and religions worldwide, and...
January 20, 2022
This is my last post as a regular contributor to the Anxious Bench. If I’m...
January 19, 2022
It was early Spring 2021. I picked up an advance reader copy (ARC) of The...
January 18, 2022
A new book argues that we have misunderstood prohibition, casting it as a global movement...
January 17, 2022
I have been talking about the very broad themes that unite empires throughout history. I’ll...
January 14, 2022
I am currently working on the relationship between empires and the emergence and development of...
January 13, 2022
This year marks the centennial anniversary of one of the most famous sermons from the...
January 12, 2022
On why the 1990s racial reconciliation moment was less groundbreaking than it appeared to some...
January 11, 2022
According to a new survey, the term Protestant is becoming much less common among younger...
January 10, 2022
American Girl recently announced its newest doll of the year: Corinne Tan, a Chinese American...
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