Archive Index - Anxious Bench

November 30, 2018

The season of Advent begins this year on Sunday, December 2. I am adapting here...

November 29, 2018

Today we welcome George Marsden back to the Anxious Bench. One of the preeminent historians...

November 28, 2018

It is the most nerve-wracking time of the year. PhD hopefuls have uploaded finely-honed applications...

November 27, 2018

The story of Hans Nielsen Hauge, the peasant-turned-lay preacher who revived Norwegian Christianity, challenged conventional...

November 26, 2018

Sadly, because of the untowardly symbiotic relationship between Trump and the media covering him, many...

November 24, 2018

Why Christ the King Sunday is a religious legacy of World War I and its...

November 23, 2018

I have been writing about the cultural and spiritual impact of the First World War,...

November 22, 2018

From the Anxious Bench archives... In Augustine's Confessions, at the end of a discussion of...

November 21, 2018

And how is it that my own children now celebrate Thanksgiving in their Jessamine County...

November 20, 2018

Guest blogger Karen Johnson reflects on the role of empathy, disgust, and lament in the...

November 19, 2018

I have written about the apocalyptic atmosphere that was so much in evidence in 1918,...

November 16, 2018

I have posted a lot on the First World War era, and in some literary...

November 15, 2018

Nearly forty years ago, a minister, a rabbi, and two priests went to the White...

November 14, 2018

I want to tell you two stories. The first one is really disturbing, so prepare...

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