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August 09, 2022
I’m Sorry, But You’ve Been Canceled
George Whitefield canceled John Tillotson. Tillotson was one of the most influential ecclesial figures during...
August 08, 2022
Another Piece on Albania
If the invasion of Ukraine at the instigation of a former KGB agent were not...
August 05, 2022
Hopeful Apocalypse
“My people are an apocalyptic people. We have resources to help you prepare for the...
August 04, 2022
Welcome Lisa Clark Diller to the Anxious Bench
I have the pleasure to welcome another new regular contributor to the Anxious Bench, Lisa...
August 04, 2022
Show Them No Mercy: The Bible and Genocide
And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee;...
August 03, 2022
Is There Such a Thing … ?
If there is one thing that has been drilled into my mind as a historian,...
August 02, 2022
Death to the Patriarchy! The Feminine Face of God
I honestly couldn’t decide what to write for today. Should I tackle Kevin DeYoung’s Desiring...
August 01, 2022
Signs, Wonders, and the Making of Religious History
If you work on any historical era before quite modern times, you soon get used...
July 2022
July 29, 2022
Remembering the Regress of a Righteous Pilgrim of Color | Phillis Wheatley (1753–84)
Those who are righteous will be long remembered… Their good deeds will be remembered forever....
July 28, 2022
Climate Change, Weather Disasters, and Crying Wolf
I firmly believe that the climate is changing, the world is warming in response to...
July 27, 2022
“Our Protest Here is in Consequence of the Protest of Luther”: Martin Luther in First-Wave Feminism
I am delighted to welcome Sam Young back to the Anxious Bench for more of...
July 26, 2022
The White Southern Protestants Who No Longer Attend Church
What happens to American politics and culture when white southerners in the Bible belt quit...
July 25, 2022
How Have Asian American Christians Responded to Anti-Asian Racism?
Last week the advocacy organization Stop AAPI Hate issued its newest report about anti-Asian racism...
July 22, 2022
“But What Do I Do?” : On Race and Political Economy
Today we welcome the Reverend Doctor Malcolm Foley with his inaugural contribution as a regular...
July 21, 2022
Welcome Malcolm Foley to the Anxious Bench
Over the course of this coming fall, you will see new faces join the "Bench."...
July 21, 2022
Creating the Myth of Mary Magdalene
Tomorrow, July 22, celebrates St. Mary Magdalene, a figure who in modern times has become...
July 20, 2022
Blaming the Victim: Billy Sunday and Male Power
How evangelicals abet a culture of masculine aggression
July 19, 2022
Forgetting Our Medieval History: The Holy Women of Liége
I'm so pleased to welcome Katherine Goodwin back to The Anxious Bench. Katherine is. PhD...
July 18, 2022
Gospels That Were Lost, And Some That Were Not Lost At All
My current work on icons and iconoclasm has reacquainted me with an old friend, namely...
July 14, 2022
Image Breaking and Protestant Origins
Some years ago, James Noyes published his book The Politics of Iconoclasm: Religion, Violence and...
July 13, 2022
The Virtues Have Been Canceled: Life in a Post-Virtue World
Forty-one years ago, Alasdair MacIntyre published his prophetic After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory....
July 12, 2022
The Biblical Potency, Cultural Fluency, and Fluidity of Pilgrim History
My mother nurtured the vital habit of literacy in me from an early age. She...
July 07, 2022
Of Image Breakers, Snake Handlers, and the Art of Naming
If you get to name a controversy, then your side is well on the way...
July 06, 2022
The Irenic Spirit of a Pilgrim Historian
I have been a reader of the Anxious Bench since its beginning. The first post...
July 05, 2022
Welcome to our New Editor!
I am so pleased to welcome Joey Cochran to The Anxious Bench today--not as a guest...
July 04, 2022
Icons, Russia, and a Church’s Dark Age
A couple of my long-standing interests recently came together in a very unhappy way. My...
June 2022
June 30, 2022
From the Russian Empire to the Cold War, and Back Again
I recently reread a text that I already know well, but encountered it once again...
June 29, 2022
When Beloved Community Doesn’t Work
At the end of Freedom Summer 1971, John Perkins called it “the biggest failure in...
June 28, 2022
To Pray or Not to Pray: Reflections on Religious Pressure and Religious Power
Imagine this scenario: a Person of Prominence who is a devout Christian is praying. This...
June 27, 2022
Who Will Bear the Cost of America’s Crisis Pregnancies?
Crisis pregnancies have profound human costs. There are life-changing consequences for women who find themselves...
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