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October 2013

October 16, 2013

Religious Liberty and Evangelical Identity Politics

Last Thursday Baptist ethicist Russell Moore made a case for religious liberty in a way...

October 15, 2013

Slavery: America’s Original Sin?

[This week's post is from my archives at Patheos.] The Smithsonian's National Museum of American...

October 14, 2013

Giving Cotton Mather his due

This year marks the 350th anniversary of the birth of Cotton Mather (1663-1728). Descendant of...

October 13, 2013

ARTEMISIA COMES TO CHICAGO

Some months back I described how the Bible’s Deuterocanonical books had inspired so many artists...

October 11, 2013

WHAT IS A GOSPEL?

I have been working on the fate of alternative scriptures in the millennium or so...

October 10, 2013

Elizabeth Smart’s Story

Most visitors to the internet this week have probably noticed that Elizabeth Smart has just...

October 09, 2013

The Meaning of Baptism in the Early Church

Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity: Ritual, Visual, and Theological Dimensions. By Robin M. Jensen. Grand...

October 08, 2013

The Puritans as Masters of Reform

My history graduate students and I recently read David Hall's A Reforming People: Puritanism and the...

October 07, 2013

THE GREEN MAN AND THE KING OF SALEM

Christians who delve into the Qur’an will be surprised how many old friends they find...

October 04, 2013

THE CAVE OF TREASURES

Throughout history, both Jews and Christians have been extraordinarily prolific in producing alternative scriptures, which...

October 03, 2013

Billy Graham’s Legacy

If evangelicals are those who like Billy Graham, I’m in the club. I attended two...

October 02, 2013

Rock the Desert: Evangelical Activism in Texas and Sudan

In 2001, just one month before 9/11, 32,000 evangelical youth invaded Midland, Texas. Drawn to...

October 01, 2013

Five Great Books on George Washington

Last week saw the opening of the long-awaited George Washington National Library at Mount Vernon....

September 2013

September 30, 2013

The Promise of America’s Religious Colleges

As a new academic year gets underway, the writing is on the wall: higher education...

September 29, 2013

THE SECRET RESURRECTION OF SALVATOR ROSA

I think I’ve discovered a long-lost secret society that transmitted its religious message through coded...

September 27, 2013

FORGETTING EZRA

In October, 1555, the regime of Mary Tudor burned two former English bishops for their...

September 26, 2013

Das Buch Mormon

About a year ago, I asked for advice about how to structure a course on...

September 25, 2013

From Graduate Student Learner to Teaching Professor

Like many professors, I work at an institution where I teach broad survey classes. At...

September 24, 2013

Paleo Evangelicals and the Plight of Prisoners

It's tough to get people to stand up for prisoners. Disproportionately poor, black, and Hispanic,...

September 23, 2013

ENOCH ABIDES

Although the Book of Enoch was highly regarded in the early Christian church, it fell...

September 22, 2013

THE FOUR BEASTS

Crowded, isn’t it? I don’t suppose the four evangelists ever met under one roof, but...

September 20, 2013

LOSING ENOCH

The scriptures attributed to the Biblical figure of Enoch commanded immense respect in the early...

September 19, 2013

Anti-Mormon Humor

It's so easy to make fun of Mormons that The Book of Mormon: The Musical...

September 18, 2013

Debating Constantine

Peter Leithart’s landmark book Defending Constantine (2010) sharply rebuked Christian pacifists. Leithart clearly intended to...

September 17, 2013

When the United Nations Did Good: Os Guinness and Religious Liberty

Baylor recently welcomed Os Guinness, one of the seminal Christian apologists of the past half-century,...

September 16, 2013

Should Christians mind how babies come to be?

Is in vitro fertilization (IVF) a moral issue? Jennifer Lahl, in a recent post at...

September 15, 2013

WHY MARY?

I recently posted about the historic devotion to the Virgin Mary, and the range of...

September 13, 2013

THE MYSTERY OF ENOCH

And Enoch walked with God and then he was gone, for God took him. I...

September 12, 2013

Civil Rights and the Federal Government in the African American Experience

Last month, we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington. Led by veteran...

September 11, 2013

Evangelicals and White Supremacy (part II)

While a national denomination fitfully advanced an agenda of social justice and civil rights, my...

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