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October 05, 2017
Race Hatred, the Crime of the Age, and the Impotency of Christianity
It was the morning of October 16, 1893. The day dawned bright and frosty, and...
October 04, 2017
The Death and Historical Afterlife of a World War II Soldier
Last Friday, 29 September 2017, we lost another World War II veteran. Out of the...
October 03, 2017
Lindbergh, Anti-Semitism, and White Supremacy
As he begins work on a spiritual biography of Charles Lindbergh, Chris wrestles with one...
October 02, 2017
Reformation, Science, and Modernity
I recently spoke at an excellent conference held at Hong Kong Baptist University, on the...
September 2017
September 29, 2017
Forgetting Christian Spain
"In the West ... early Christianity has lost its history." That powerful statement demands some...
September 28, 2017
The Great Awakening and the Collapse of New England Congregationalism
What happens when a religious establishment implodes? In his magisterial Darkness Falls on the Land...
September 27, 2017
Torture in Evangelical Discourse
How evangelical individualism justifies the use of torture
September 26, 2017
A (Brief) Religious History of the Star-Spangled Banner
Controversy is nothing new to America's national anthem. Historically, Christians have been among its staunchest...
September 25, 2017
Beware The Crucible
The first time it happened I thought it was a fluke, a funny self-referential New...
September 22, 2017
How Many Christians?
Just how many Christians were there in AD 200?
September 21, 2017
Pumpkin Spice and the Melancholy of Autumn
This post originally appeared at Historical Horizons, but like pumpkin spice lattes, it keeps coming...
September 20, 2017
An Ordinary Preaching Woman in a Texas Baptist Church, c. 1930
In a 2006 interview, Wayne Grudem argued that female leaders in the church (especially pastors)...
September 19, 2017
The Two Best Historical Dramas on TV
Why The Americans and Outlander may be the best historical dramas on the small or...
September 18, 2017
The Ancient Revolution That Made Our Modern Religious World
My new book Crucible of Faith is out tomorrow, September 19. I summarized the main...
September 15, 2017
Churches, Mosques and Temples: Who Came First?
One really divisive issue in European religion these days concerns the question of “Who came...
September 13, 2017
Evangelicals on Campus
"From 1950 until the 1990s," writes Andrew Finstuen in his contribution to Billy Graham: American...
September 13, 2017
Empty Pews? Invite Some Immigrants to America!
Why Steve Bannon's comments on immigration make some sense
September 12, 2017
4 Steps to the Renewal of Evangelicalism
With evangelicals facing mounting evidence of decline, Chris suggests four steps for renewal, drawn from...
September 11, 2017
What is Tradition?
As a current project, I am working on organizing a conference on "The Idea of...
September 08, 2017
Teaching Religion: Universal Ideas?
In my last post, I tried to identify some of the universals in human nature...
September 07, 2017
The Roots of a Public Housing Crisis in Cairo, Illinois
We are joined today at the Anxious Bench by Kerry Pimblott, author of Faith in...
September 06, 2017
The Medieval Counsel of Biblical Womanhood
The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood exploded my twitter feed last week. As a...
September 05, 2017
How Do Protestants and Catholics View Each Other in 2017?
For the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, new survey examines how Protestants and Catholics view...
September 04, 2017
Teaching Religion: Building Blocks of Faith
Recently, I discussed teaching courses in Religious Studies, and specifically in World Religions. I always...
September 01, 2017
The Media Mangle a Religion Story, Again
No, this is not going to shake the foundations of faith.
August 2017
August 31, 2017
The Chance of Salvation
Lincoln Mullen is the author of the recently published The Chance of Salvation: A History...
August 30, 2017
A Highly Trained Nonviolent Peacekeeping Force
The Mennonites behind the Clergy Protests in Charlottesville
August 29, 2017
The Religious History of State Fairs
Is there a religious history of America's state fairs? Chris reports from one of the...
August 28, 2017
Antislavery Monument for Sale
Some monuments should be put into storage. Others should be taken out.
August 26, 2017
Christian Scholars on Racism in America Today
Dozens of Christian historians and other scholars have signed an open letter condemning racism, co-written...
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