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September 2024

September 20, 2024

Teaching the Faith and Fomenting Contempt in the Reformation

I have been preoccupied over the last few months by the subject of tradition in...

September 19, 2024

Empires and Religions in #VastEarlyAmerica

I have been posting on the religious dimensions of empire in American history, and I...

September 18, 2024

Anabaptism Turns 500

That Anabaptism could turn half a millennium old would have shocked early Anabaptists.

September 17, 2024

Augustine in Dialogue with Purity Culture

We were crammed into a large storage space retrofitted with old couches and Newsboys posters,...

September 13, 2024

La Conquistadora: Female Conqueror of the Americas

She balances her petite frame on a pedestal perched above the altar in a little...

September 12, 2024

Freemasons, Catholics, and American Religious Politics

I posted last time about the importance of Freemasonry for understanding American history, American empire,...

September 11, 2024

Jesse Miranda: A Model of Civility

“Since we cannot study the future yet, we need the past to help us see...

September 10, 2024

Jeremiah Evarts and the Spirit of Early Republic Activism

Writing under the name “William Penn” in 1829, Jeremiah Evarts penned a series of essays...

September 05, 2024

Punishment, Vengeance and Justice

I once sat in a courtroom listening to horrific crimes being read out at an...

September 05, 2024

American Empire: Take Up The White Mason’s Burden

I have written quite a bit on Freemasonry through the years, including several posts at...

September 03, 2024

A Good Neighbor? Election Debates in a Medieval Framework

"But I’ll tell you what. Growing up in a small town like that, you learn...

September 02, 2024

Who are Evangelicals, Again? Two Historians Weigh in…Again

In a recent, already field-defining, essay in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion,...

August 2024

August 30, 2024

Seeing the Second Great Awakening on Every Electoral Map

by Janine Giordano Drake I think a lot about the Second Great Awakening. I think...

August 29, 2024

Born in Space: Empire and the Creation of American Religion

In recent years, American historians have reached a fair consensus that their nation’s history must...

August 28, 2024

Recent Books: Women, Gender, and Sex in US Religious History

It’s time for one of my favorite semesters for books! Every four semesters I teach...

August 27, 2024

Assessing Presidential Character in an Election Year

In the 1976 presidential election, evangelicals across the political spectrum were determined to vote for...

August 26, 2024

Prayer and Pluralism at the RNC and DNC

Last month, Harmeet Dhillon, an Indian American Republican leader and a devout Sikh, recited...

August 23, 2024

Who Are Evangelicals, Again? Two Historians Weigh In

In a recent, already field-defining, essay in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion,...

August 22, 2024

American Empire: Settlers, Colonists, and Invaders

I have posted several items on the idea of empire as it applies to American...

August 21, 2024

Pentecostals in Hong Kong: A Conversation with Alex Mayfield

My conversation with historian Alex Mayfield about Pentecostalism in Hong Kong

August 20, 2024

Lectio Divina and the Unchristian Assumptions of AI

As teachers prepare for the approaching fall semester, questions surrounding artificial intelligence in the classroom...

August 17, 2024

The Beginnings of Becoming the Pastor’s Wife

“I still do the bulletin.” She was the wife of a retired small-town pastor....

August 16, 2024

Nuestra Señora de La Leche: A Holy Babe at the Breast

While Jesus was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him,...

August 15, 2024

Jews and Christians in Roman Palestine

Sometimes you think you know a story very well, and then you come across a...

August 14, 2024

Hello Again, George W: Latino Politics and Pictures

This has been an active summer for me, one that I did not anticipate, and...

August 13, 2024

An Unexpected Friendship’s Influence

In the spring semester, I did a bit of research towards a project that while...

August 12, 2024

Peace in the midst of the 2024 Presidential Election Storm

Americans were expecting this presidential election year to be full of “unprecedented” events, and the...

August 10, 2024

On the Newsweek Article about Christian Colleges

Rachel Dobkin interviewed me in May for a Newsweek article that published this past Sunday...

August 09, 2024

Victims, Martyrs, and Virtue

I love the story of an underdog. I find myself drawn to histories and narratives...

August 08, 2024

American Empire and the Encounter with Islam

My last post explored how America’s imperial expansion reshaped its attitude to other religions, which...

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