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I, just like John Fea, thought the Bruce Springsteen Broadway show was terrific, and I...

How's that for click-bait? But if you thought today's universities was filled either with secularist...

By now the debate about evangelicalism has petered out. (For background, see these posts.) But...

Why is it that when many Christians talk about the systemic nature of social injustice,...

Emma Green has a piece on a shift among evangelical philanthropists for which many should...

Not too long ago, a number of evangelical historians raised questions about how to reach...

In part one I generally took Tommie Kidd's side on the question of who gets...

John Fea has the details of an exchange on Twitter between Tommie Kidd and Jonathan...

After reading Rusty Reno's relatively recent laments about sanctity among Roman Catholic clergy (and the...

Historians are an insecure lot and all the more so with recent developments. First came...

Roman Catholics recently (Dec. 5 8) celebrated or observed (or marked) The Feast of the...

Some dispute that Martin Luther ever said that he would rather be ruled by a...

Take for instance the recent review essay in the New York Times of books on...

I keep seeing posts or tweets that suggest or even insist that Christianity is 100%...

A good friend and great colleague in the study of U.S. history, Leo Ribuffo, has...

Matthew Schmitz must be a terrific poker player. At a time when the reasons for...

Roger Olson observes that the current critics of evangelicalism, the so-called voices from the margins,...

When will John Fea turn from David Barton to Michael Gerson? The column about the...

On the one hand, the further revelations of cases of sexual abuse and episcopal cover-up...

Lots of Christians talk about social justice but what are they doing besides giving speeches,...

Once upon a time, Protestant congregations had pulpits. This was a form of church furniture,...

John Allen, one of the best Roman Catholic journalists covering the Vatican, called it "Weird...

At the beginning of this week, John Fea posted several key races in state and...

Learned discussions of whether to grant citizenship to children born on U.S. soil to parents...

The antidote to the controversy over NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem may actually...

Call me grumpy, call me a naysayer, or call me a Reformed Protestant (read Calvinist)....

John Fea thinks Greg Laurie, the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship who spoke at...

A golden oldie from Recovering Mother Kirk: The strategy of many churches that want to...

White men can become toxic for different reasons. Once it happens, it's almost impossible to...

Joe Carter thinks that after 500 years, Protestants are finally understanding vocation: While vocation is...