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November 2024

November 12, 2024
This is an edited version of an essay I wrote that helped form what would...
November 09, 2024
People have expressed abundant feelings and analyses over the last week on the interwebs, as...
November 07, 2024
Did you hear about the election they just had in the US? It actually got...
November 06, 2024
Note: These are my thoughts and mine alone. This is also raw, as I’m sure...
November 05, 2024
I'm pleased to be able to welcome Dr. Katherine Goodwin Lindgren back to the Anxious...
November 04, 2024
Well, it’s the day before. I have no useful historical analysis today, nor any punditry...
November 03, 2024
You cannot unsee what you have seen this past year. I don’t even really have...
November 01, 2024
Today we welcome to the Anxious Bench Anne Perez. Dr. Anne Perez is author of Understanding...

October 2024

October 31, 2024
The category of folk horror was first identified in the 1970s, and in recent years...
October 30, 2024
I often blog about gender history and theology for the Anxious Bench. I also blog...
October 29, 2024
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at the University of Michigan are a “failure”—at least...
October 29, 2024
This year’s treatment of abortion by both major parties is reminiscent of how both parties...
October 26, 2024
Got a short one for you all. A few months ago, I was one of...
October 25, 2024
This post is a tribute to the life and teaching of Kristen Todd, PhD, the...
October 24, 2024
In pretty much any period I write about, I try to use cartoons and caricatures...
October 23, 2024
In 2021, a year after the killing of George Floyd, Pannell felt compelled to republish...
October 22, 2024
Basil of Caesarea is often praised as a champion of the Holy Spirit, defending his...
October 21, 2024
Good society is generally certain there is something wrong with the mentality of evangelicals. We're...
October 18, 2024
Should those of us who work on religious history, particularly Christian texts from the past,...
October 17, 2024
This column represents a contribution to Hispanic Heritage Month, and before anyone mentions it, I...
October 15, 2024
Preface I am currently in the third year of my PhD program in history, which...
October 14, 2024
As anti-Israel protests convulsed American campuses in the spring semester—reappearing this fall—one might be forgiven,...
October 11, 2024
Nothing sets me off in the classroom like discovering the students’ textbooks have referred to...
October 10, 2024
We have a guest post today. Bethany Mannon is Assistant Professor of English at Appalachian...
October 09, 2024
We decided to put our two sons in swimming lessons last Fall. The boys always...
October 08, 2024
Today’s post is about former Anxious Bench Contributor Nadya Williams’ new book with IVP, Mothers,...
October 07, 2024
I have been writing and thinking a lot about evangelicalism, the myth of evangelical consensus,...
October 03, 2024
My present research involves the relationship between religion and American empire. Recently, I have been...
October 01, 2024
Tomorrow night, Tim Walz will debate JD Vance, fresh off his Saturday appearance in Pennsylvania....

September 2024

September 26, 2024
As I outlined in my last post, contemporary scholarship on early America stresses its “vast”...
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