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December 2014

December 30, 2014

Top Posts of the Year, Anxious Bench

Here are the most popular posts from each contributor at the Anxious Bench this year....

December 29, 2014

The Curse of Memory

The recent furor over shootings of civilians by police has inspired a lot of discussion...

December 26, 2014

The Sicilian’s Tale

Not many people read Henry Wadsworth Longfellow any more, but some of his poems do...

December 24, 2014

The Christmas Truce and the Meaning of Peace in “No Man’s Land”

I'm pleased to feature a guest post from Bradley Strait, a senior history major at...

December 23, 2014

George Whitefield’s Christmas, 1739

As we observed George Whitefield's 300th birthday last week, here's a post on his 1739...

December 22, 2014

A Muslim, an Evangelical, and Jesus Walk into a Bar …

It might well be that Jesus is the only one who would place an order....

December 19, 2014

Sons of Light and Sons of Seth

I discussed Dylan M. Burns’s book Apocalypse of the Alien God, an account of the...

December 18, 2014

Teaching American Religious History

15 weeks for the history and present of religion in the United States. "American Religious...

December 17, 2014

Give the Gift of Spiritual Formation and Neuroscience for Christmas

I admit it. I like to go Christmas shopping. I really enjoy finding a special...

December 16, 2014

Happy 300th Birthday George Whitefield!

The day is finally here - the 300th birthday of George Whitefield, the greatest evangelist...

December 15, 2014

Seth and the Alien God

The origins of Gnosticism are normally discussed in terms of debates within Christianity. However, one...

December 12, 2014

Babylonian Baptists

I have been posting about the emergence of Christianity in Iraq/Mesopotamia, and its possible inheritance...

December 11, 2014

Grace and Apostasy

As a historian, I am grateful for anti-Mormon exposés. Admittedly, the genre poses obvious problems....

December 10, 2014

The Silence Exercise

I’ve been trying of late to incorporate more diverse assignments and methods of instruction in...

December 09, 2014

Do You Need a Literary Agent?

I routinely get asked about using a literary agent in securing book contracts. Is this...

December 08, 2014

Working Women and the “Exalted Work of Creation”

This week the Supreme Court heard a case, Young v. United Parcel Service, weighing treatment...

December 07, 2014

The Jesus Identity!

Like many readers, I have been stunned by the revelations in the new book by...

December 05, 2014

Christians in Babylon

In the early Christian era, Mesopotamia/Iraq was a thriving center of rabbinic Judaism, and throughout...

December 04, 2014

Henrietta Mears, Evangelical Optimist

Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the life of Henrietta Mears, the Sunday School...

December 03, 2014

More than Ferguson

After the St. Louis County (MO) Grand Jury in Ferguson declined to indict Darren Wilson...

December 02, 2014

“More a Doctrine than a Person”: Evangelicals and the Holy Spirit

I suspect many a Christian, including many evangelicals, can identify with frustrations J.D. Greear expressed...

December 01, 2014

By the Rivers of Babylon

In 1973, Geza Vermes reminded us, indelibly, that Jesus was a Jew, and subsequent generations...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

The Enoch Code

This is puzzling. On multiple occasions, I have written about the ancient text known as...

November 28, 2014

Revolution in the Making

Something strange happened to the Jewish world in the third century BC. Although the land...

November 27, 2014

Free Food!

"My reading of the Bible finds plenty of reminders that it’s better to teach someone...

November 26, 2014

Eating Eel: Your Guide to an Authentic Thanksgiving

Turkey might be traditional fare at Thanksgiving, but it’s probably not historical. If the Pilgrims...

November 25, 2014

The Biographers and Jonathan Edwards

Today's post is an excerpt from my essay on George Marsden, Jonathan Edwards, and the...

November 24, 2014

An Infallible, Liberal Pope?

Pope Francis has been back in the news. Most recently, because the Vatican confirmed that...

November 21, 2014

Egypt’s Diaspora

Although the third century BC is a shadowy time in Jewish history, both faith and...

November 20, 2014

Interpreting “America’s Pastor”

Today's guest post is by Nathan A. Finn, who serves as associate professor of historical theology...

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