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October 2020

October 23, 2020
Last time I talked about a remarkable book published by Thomas Bayly in 1650 under...
October 21, 2020
Sleep No More was different. You didn't just watch a show or read a book...
October 21, 2020
This past Saturday morning, we spent an hour driving around our small Kentucky town taking...
October 20, 2020
Ten days ago Saturday Night Live — of all places — served as the platform for...
October 19, 2020
A few years ago, Saturday Night Live aired a sketch that poked fun at the...
October 16, 2020
I have been posting about the world of the seventeenth century, an exceedingly significant era...
October 15, 2020
In 2012, Harvard Divinity School professor Karen King made international news with a "Gospel of...
October 14, 2020
Today's guest post is by Benjamin Leavitt. Ben is a History PhD student at Baylor...
October 13, 2020
Chris talks to Jay Phelan about his new book, Separated Siblings: An Evangelical Understanding of...
October 12, 2020
When modern people read about Christian history, most find it very hard indeed to understand...
October 09, 2020
I have been posting about my recent immersion in watching Shakespeare’s plays, working my way...
October 08, 2020
Adam Laats is Professor of Education and History (by courtesy) at Binghamton University (SUNY). He...
October 07, 2020
Here’s a political trivia question for you: When was the last time that a majority...
October 06, 2020
What's it like teaching in the middle of a pandemic? Four of our contributors report...
October 05, 2020
It’s time to reread Gilead. Last week’s release of Marilynne Robinson’s new novel about the...
October 02, 2020
Over the past few months, my wife and I have been using our non-voluntary time...
October 01, 2020
We’re three months out now from the release of Jesus and John Wayne, and it’s...

September 2020

September 30, 2020
In case the popularity of Stranger Things and Cobra Kai and the renewed appreciation of...
September 29, 2020
Evangelical Christians tend to be strong supporters of both President Trump and the U.S. military....
September 28, 2020
Today’s post is unusual, in that I am mainly presenting the ideas of another person...
September 25, 2020
The recent closure of face to face events around the world is dreadful on so...
September 23, 2020
Why do subsets of Americans care so much about the Supreme Court? Most Americans would...
September 23, 2020
Political tension does not preclude civility. Dining together and watching opera together may help.
September 22, 2020
“In our long struggle for a more just world,” said Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in...
September 21, 2020
I missed the announcement of her death. We had gone out for our first movie...
September 18, 2020
Alan Jacobs writes books with pretentious titles. How to Think. I didn’t know what to...
September 18, 2020
Last time, I posted about the range of older “ghost” denominations and churches that preceded...
September 17, 2020
Back in June, in anticipation of the book’s release, I published Jesus and John Wayne:...
September 16, 2020
Is women’s history depressing? It was the third week of this semester when the question...
September 15, 2020
“Hard-boiled” is the last adjective anyone would use to describe me. I get uncomfortable watching...
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