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May 2022

May 04, 2022
A trip in which we interrogate our familial and religious heritage
May 03, 2022
What will the end of Roe v. Wade really mean for abortion in America?  If...
May 02, 2022
  Scholars have long described the global ambitions of White Protestant American as rooted in...

April 2022

April 28, 2022
I have invented a new discipline, the Theology of Punctuation. Some years ago, I published...
April 27, 2022
Grove City College, a small liberal arts institution in Pennsylvania, has been in the news....
April 26, 2022
As his university concludes its 150th anniversary, Chris considers how it remains — in the words...
April 25, 2022
The evangelist Luke tells us about a couple who were en route to Emmaus, when...
April 22, 2022
This week marks the one year anniversary of The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation...
April 22, 2022
Should a conservative Christian study history in a liberal secular academic institution? I was reminded...
April 21, 2022
Over the past week, we have heard a great deal about Jesus's Resurrection, open tombs,...
April 20, 2022
Two weeks after Russian tanks first rolled into Ukraine, the Time Magazine’s March 14 issue...
April 19, 2022
Chris considers another analogy between WWII and the war in Ukraine: how the arguments made...
April 18, 2022
I have recently had the pleasure of hosting a two-speaker conference on the theme of...
April 14, 2022
In several past blogs, I have commented on the extreme difficulty of reading the New...
April 13, 2022
I'm currently on a research trip in England, so am posting from my Anxious Bench...
April 12, 2022
In recent days, Marc Chagall's WWII-era painting of a "Ukrainian Family" has been circulating on...
April 11, 2022
During Holy Week, it's tempting to think about the way, or rather, the Way. That...
April 08, 2022
Husezo Rhakho is a doctoral student in the Religion Department at Baylor University. He holds...
April 07, 2022
As empires spread around the world, they carry with them ideas and institutions, and terminology,...
April 06, 2022
Reflections on a book of peace written by a violent man
April 05, 2022
Why go to college? How do you find a good fit? Is the cost worth...
April 05, 2022
Will the culture war flashpoints that are fragmenting American evangelicalism divide evangelical higher education as...
April 04, 2022
Over 20 million Americans chose to quit their jobs since September 2021. The forces behind...

March 2022

March 31, 2022
I love spending time in the American southwest. Many years ago, I was talking with...
March 30, 2022
Today's guest post is by Christina J. Lambert. She is a doctoral student in English...
March 29, 2022
What do evangelicals in the U.S. think about the Russian invasion of Ukraine? You might...
March 28, 2022
Empires move or deport populations, often against the will of those subject peoples. Such movements...
March 25, 2022
Another comment about the ongoing horrors in Ukraine. Or rather, three thoughts in particular, respectively:...
March 24, 2022
Today's guest post is by Emma Fenske. Emma is a current MA student and incoming...
March 23, 2022
I have been posting about the borderlands of empire, territories beyond the tight control of...
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