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March 10, 2017
The Forgotten History of “Christian” Political Activism
Across the political spectrum, most Americans would automatically describe the country’s religious heritage as “Judeo-Christian.”...
March 09, 2017
Betsy DeVos, HBCUs, and the History of Christian Higher Education
Thinking about Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos' advocacy of school choice in light of the...
March 08, 2017
A Reasonable Reading List for Medieval Christianity: Part 1
If, after my last post Did Medieval Christians Know Jesus?, you realized you had no framework for...
March 07, 2017
The Good Death: How Do Christians Learn to Die?
Americans rarely think about the end of life, but Lent gives Christians the chance to...
March 06, 2017
Forgetting American Terror: The Christian Front
Imagine American cities under siege by extreme Right-wing movements and paramilitary groups calling for armed...
March 03, 2017
Paul Winter: Of Anti-Catholics, Anti-Semites, and Nazis
This post concerns an authentically frightening figure in US history, and one whose career speaks...
March 02, 2017
Where is John the Baptist’s Head?
When I ask students to read and generate questions about the Gospel of Mark, someone...
March 01, 2017
Margaret Mead: Christian, Pro-life Feminist
Today we are pleased to welcome Elesha Coffman to the Anxious Bench. Elesha is an...
February 2017
February 28, 2017
Temperance after Prohibition
While Prohibition is a byword for failed legislation, temperance concerns survived the ratification of the...
February 27, 2017
The Benedict Option, New England Edition
Ian Lovett’s recent Wall Street Journal essay traces a growing trend among traditional Christians to...
February 26, 2017
Blood From The Sky
I have not read this yet, but I just came across a book that looks...
February 24, 2017
Spreading the Faith: Immigrant Religion and Ethnic Religion
I wrote about the relationship between immigration and religious change, and the enormous impact of...
February 23, 2017
Still Searching for Christian America
“At times of crisis it is a natural human reaction to turn to the past...
February 22, 2017
Did Medieval Christians Know Jesus?
Recently I was made aware of an online church history curriculum. At first glance, it...
February 21, 2017
The Christian History of “America First”
While many Christians have criticized the Trump administration's embrace of an "America First" policy, the...
February 20, 2017
Spreading the Faith: How Migration Changes Religion
Whatever might drive them to move, migrants carry their religions with them. Yet the religions...
February 17, 2017
Spreading the Faith: Moving Coins and Moving Communities
I posted recently on issues of migration and mission, and how each of those terms...
February 16, 2017
Are the gods present?
"After he has lunched on his God on Sunday, / You should worship his turd...
February 15, 2017
Betsy DeVos, Sandra Bullock, and the Historical Cost of School Choice
How a popular Hollywood movie celebrates the potential benefits of school choice, but obscures the...
February 14, 2017
When Religious Biography Is Not Hagiography: Woodrow Wilson
A new book on Woodrow Wilson illustrates that religious biography need not be hagiography.
February 13, 2017
Nicholas of Cusa on the Diversity of Religions
In my last post, I profiled Raymond Llull (1232-1316) as a forerunner of modern-day interreligious...
February 10, 2017
Spreading the Faith: Lessons from US History
We hear a lot today about the effects of immigrants on American religion, and the...
February 09, 2017
Heroes of the Faith: True, but not Accurate
Today at the Anxious Bench we welcome Bruce Berglund, professor of history at Calvin College. He...
February 08, 2017
Dance and the Church: A History More Complicated than Footloose…
Today we are pleased to welcome Lynneth Miller to the Anxious Bench. Lynneth is a...
February 07, 2017
Unexpected Sites of Christian Pacifism: Baptists during WWII and Vietnam
While most Baptists supported America's war efforts in WWII and Vietnam, some embraced the pacifism...
February 06, 2017
Spreading the Faith: Daniel Syndrome
Another in a series of posts about the many and various ways in which religions...
February 03, 2017
Spreading the Faith: Mission, Migration and Movement
As you must have noticed, immigration has been much in the news of late, and...
February 02, 2017
Biographies Full of Females
Who's significant? As Chris Gehrz discussed in a recent post, his students -- and most...
February 01, 2017
A Report from the Women’s March on Washington
Guest blogger Mandy McMichael reflects on her participation in the Women's March on Washington in...
January 2017
January 31, 2017
“…Not Hitler, But Still Kinda Like Hitler”
Should historians consider analogies between Donald Trump and fascist leaders like Adolf Hitler? While the...
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