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June 2020

June 22, 2020
Often, stories of martyrs and saints are so reworked over time that they become outrageously...
June 19, 2020
Many of the events in the Christian liturgical year coincide with older seasonal celebrations, which...
June 18, 2020
Two months ago, Lincoln Mullen (my colleague at George Mason University) and I created pandemicreligion.org,...
June 17, 2020
How global experiences have pushed American evangelicals toward Pentecostal sensibilities
June 16, 2020
Chris argues that it's not "erasing history" to remove Confederate commemoration from public spaces. Instead,...
June 15, 2020
After church when I was a little my siblings and I would file down to...
June 12, 2020
I have been posting about using American poetry as primary historical sources, and last time,...
June 11, 2020
In a little over a week, my new book Jesus and John Wayne: How White...
June 10, 2020
I am so pleased to welcome back Lynneth Miller Renberg. Lynneth is an assistant professor of history...
June 09, 2020
Chris considers what the inconsistent response of Martin Luther to violent rebellion in the 16th...
June 08, 2020
I recently posted about using poetry as a source for studying American history, and religious...
June 05, 2020
The Anxious Bench focuses on the study of history, and particularly the history of religion...
June 04, 2020
They were rude, their words were crude. Occasionally, a few went nude. The Quakers reached...
June 03, 2020
What makes us think that this week’s version of white evangelical "racial reconciliation" will be...
June 02, 2020
Too often, writes guest blogger Sara Shady, "Christians want [Martin Luther] King’s words, but not...
June 01, 2020
Lately I have been re-reading Benedict Anderson’s classic, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origins and...

May 2020

May 29, 2020
A few days after another black Minnesotan, George Floyd, was killed by police, Chris considers...
May 29, 2020
This post offer a translation between British and American English, and suggests why you really...
May 28, 2020
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and in many ways, it has...
May 27, 2020
Today's guest post is by my friend and colleague Dr. Adina Kelley. Dr. Kelley earned...
May 26, 2020
Donald Trump's recent praise of the "good bloodlines" of Henry Ford got Chris thinking about...
May 25, 2020
The Book of Acts reports that on the day of Pentecost, the apostles were in...
May 22, 2020
Many Old Testament passages have posed difficulties to readers through the centuries. I am presently...
May 21, 2020
In the winter of 1676-1677, a “malignant” fever swept through New England communities. In the...
May 20, 2020
Evangelicalism can look a lot different across the Canadian border.
May 19, 2020
Chris offers a free commencement address to the Class of 2020.
May 18, 2020
In late seventeenth-century Boston a strange story was popular. As David D. Hall recounts it...
May 15, 2020
On Monday, I described Paul Matzko's important new book, The Radio Right: How a Band...
May 14, 2020
How should we talk about white evangelicals during the coronavirus pandemic? On the one hand,...
May 13, 2020
As our series of non-religious turning points in religious history continues into the 20th century,...
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