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September 2014

September 02, 2014

Writing a Book, From Start to Finish

One of my newsletter subscribers, Job Dalomba [jobdalomba.com] suggested that I write a post how...

September 01, 2014

Bonhoeffer’s “Who am I?”

Much attention has been directed to the legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer lately due in part...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

William J. Seymour and Global Pentecostalism

I just received a copy of a major new book, which should be of great...

August 28, 2014

The Age of Evangelicalism

Steven Miller's first book, Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South, discusses the...

August 27, 2014

In Memoriam: Dale A. Johnson (1936 – 2014)

Feeling a vocational calling to teach, I completed all of the graduate school application necessaries...

August 26, 2014

Choosing a research topic

Philip Jenkins' recent post on choosing a subject for a book or research project is...

August 25, 2014

She Treasured It In Her Heart

I’m wondering when it is possible to argue from silence when reading historical sources, and...

August 22, 2014

Finding a Subject

Beth Barr, Tommy Kidd and myself have all been posting on the subject of writing...

August 21, 2014

Writing in the In-Between

Today's guest post is from Dr. Beth Allison Barr, Associate Professor of History at Baylor...

August 20, 2014

Notes to Freshmen on Mystery and the Liberal Arts

At Asbury University, where I teach, the fall semester is already ramping up. After welcoming...

August 19, 2014

Hating One’s Enemy in Early America

1755 was one of the bleakest years in the history of Britain's American colonies. That...

August 18, 2014

On the Selfie and the Self

This summer a relative put aside resistance and got his first smartphone, soon after sending...

August 16, 2014

An Interview with Mark Cheathem, Author of Andrew Jackson, Southerner

Mark Cheathem is associate professor of history at Cumberland University. His book, Andrew Jackson, Southerner...

August 14, 2014

Bonhoeffer Biography a Masterpiece

Charles Marsh's Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer has received much attention since its...

August 13, 2014

Your Body and God

I recently had the privilege of pre-reading Rob Moll's forthcoming book, What Your Body Knows...

August 12, 2014

A Family Guide to Visiting Philadelphia

There are few better cities in America for a history-themed visit than Philadelphia. We recently...

August 11, 2014

ENDING THE DRAFT

For obvious reasons, historians concern themselves with writing about things that happened, rather than others...

August 08, 2014

PICTURING THE GREAT WAR: A WORLD ON THE CROSS

In my book The Great and Holy War, I write at some length about the...

August 07, 2014

A Time to Mourn

There are so many things that compete for our attention. Gaza, Ukraine, and Ebola, deservedly...

August 06, 2014

Scripture as Usable History II

In my last post I described the pushback from some American evangelicals against God-and-country Bibles...

August 05, 2014

How Violent Was American Slavery? Colonial Slave Codes

Last week I wrote about the challenges colonial American missionaries faced when trying to evangelize...

August 04, 2014

Satan, that Insidious Whisperer

It goes without saying that Islam and “the West” have had a distressed relationship in...

August 01, 2014

Christians and the Death Penalty

Why should Christians (and other Americans) oppose the death penalty, at least as currently practiced...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

Evangelicals and Immigration–1940s Style

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched...

July 29, 2014

Evangelizing Slaves and Colonial Christianity

I recently read Travis Glasson's excellent book Mastering Christianity: Missionary Anglicanism and Slavery in the Atlantic...

July 26, 2014

WARS HOLY AND UNHOLY

I have been posting a lot recently on the topic of holy war and crusade...

July 23, 2014

Joseph Smith and the Book of Abraham

Outsiders to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints familiar with Mormonism typically have...

July 23, 2014

Scripture as Usable History

The Bicentennial Bible (1975) and the American Patriot’s Bible (2009) tie scripture closely to right-wing...

July 22, 2014

Christianity, Violence, and World War I

Our friends at Religion News Service have an excellent profile of two of the best...

July 21, 2014

Did you remember to celebrate Slovak Day?

I was the only kid I knew whose family packed an accordion to go to...

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