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August 2017

August 10, 2017
Imagine for a moment a team of anthropologists walking through your door, taking a look...
August 09, 2017
Riding the London Eye is deceptively peaceful.  The city that slowly unfolds below seems a...
August 08, 2017
For decades, two of the most important institutions in African American life were the black...
August 07, 2017
I have been discussing the story of Nicodemus in the Gospel of John, and particularly...
August 04, 2017
Depending on the church calendar you might follow, one day in early August commemorates St....
August 03, 2017
In three years, various communities on both sides of the Atlantic will celebrate the four...
August 02, 2017
This is Part II of my interview with Mark Lempke, author of the new book...
August 01, 2017
I don’t know Carl Trueman or Rod Dreher, but I do know many people who...

July 2017

July 31, 2017
One of the happy characteristics of America, mythical or actual, is its hospitality to those...
July 28, 2017
Five rivers flowed out of Paradise, and we all know their names. That may sound...
July 27, 2017
Today we welcome Janine Giordano Drake to the Anxious Bench. Janine is Assistant Professor of History...
July 26, 2017
The Bakker’s had become proponents of the prosperity gospel, a message that fit the 1980s...
July 25, 2017
How the Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo both celebrated and criticized Western civilization -...
July 24, 2017
What will be the last religion standing?
July 21, 2017
I did quite a few blogposts last year about the possible survival of ancient pagan...
July 20, 2017
From the Anxious Bench archives... Things were not going well in Münster (in present-day northwestern...
July 19, 2017
I'm pleased to post this interview with Mark Lempke, who just published the terrific book...
July 18, 2017
What makes Protestants "Protestant"? A new history suggests that it's not about Reformation doctrines or...
July 17, 2017
Often I have been asked about putting together a grant proposal or a book prospectus....
July 14, 2017
Sometimes you see phrases and passages that are so provocative that they cry out to...
July 13, 2017
A growing body of evidence points to a pitched battle between evangelical and churchly Protestants...
July 13, 2017
An interview with historian Paul Putz, whose research and new blog (Sportianity) explores the intersections...
July 12, 2017
This is from my Anxious Bench archives. I currently am teaching in London and gathering...
July 11, 2017
How did Christians respond to the advent of Charles Lindbergh, called "the New Christ" by...
July 10, 2017
Unlike virtually all Christian churches and denominations, Baptists are not witnessing a fundamental shift of...
July 07, 2017
Last time, I described the enormous attraction of the Theosophical movement in the early twentieth...
July 06, 2017
Most American visitors to European cathedrals are immediately struck by their vastness and grandeur. In...
July 05, 2017
American Christians invoke John Wesley on all manner of subjects including sanctification, the sacraments, and...
July 04, 2017
Perhaps there's a healthier way for Christians to love their country...
July 03, 2017
An 1839 bulletin from the prestigious Boston Medical and Surgical Journal (forerunner to the New England...
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