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August 2026

August 12, 2026

Sing a Song of Love: Sons, The Beatles, and Reed’s Jesus

If even someone as cool as Patti Smith can be visibly giddy meeting the Pope...

August 10, 2026

What to the Black Christian Historian is America’s 250th?

“Complicated but worth celebrating!!” This was my friend’s apt reply on July 4th after I...

August 06, 2026

John Dee, the Angels, and the Lost Language of Enoch

The Wizard, The Thief, Their Angels, and The Lost Language Renaissance thinkers were entranced by...

August 04, 2026

Emulating Odysseus? Ancient History and Modern Politics

In a very academic move, a recent date night came with homework. Before going to...

July 2026

July 31, 2026

#girldad and fatherly models for vocation

I was born and raised before memes and hashtags like #girldad or “every dad of...

July 30, 2026

The Gospel That Broke the Fourth Wall

I am presently working on the discovery of real and alleged ancient gospels and scriptures...

July 27, 2026

The Evangelical Brand Image Crisis

Take your pick from examples of the evangelical brand image crisis. Just go over to...

July 24, 2026

The Best Books for Understanding Christian History in 2026

Reading the History of Christianity in 2026 Over the last two years, the faculty at...

July 23, 2026

Forging Spirituality in Renaissance Europe

We have all heard of the modern rediscovery of ancient scriptures, and we all know...

July 22, 2026

Is Revivalism Anti-Modern?

Author's Note: Amid a move to a new institution with two kiddos and a VERY...

July 21, 2026

Candles in the Darkness: Ephrem on the Incarnation

It is release day! Lynneth and I are thrilled that Candles in the Darkness: Experiencing...

July 20, 2026

The Sunday School Democrats: Carter and Talarico

A Tale of Two Jimmys With the 250th anniversary of American independence, there have been...

July 16, 2026

They Attacked the Resurrection 300 Years Ago

The Deists' Revolution I have been working on the discovery of alternative scriptures and ancient...

July 10, 2026

Heralds of Heaven: Hummingbirds on a Hillside

Florentine Codex, Book 11, chapter 2, image 62 There is a tree outside my sons’...

July 09, 2026

How the Enlightenment Discovered the Alternative Scriptures

I have long worked on what we might call alternative Christianities and especially the scriptures...

July 08, 2026

Goodbye, New York

When this post appears I should just be back from my first trip to New...

July 07, 2026

Christmas in July: Candles in the Darkness Release

It’s book release month for the Advent devotional that my husband and colleague Adam and...

July 03, 2026

Profiting on Promoting 250 Years of Christian Nationalism

Celebrations commemorating 250 years of America have been an opportunity for evangelicals to reflect on...

July 02, 2026

On Gnostics, Essenes, Footnotes, and the History of Reading

I have been working on the discovery of alternative scriptures in the late nineteenth and...

June 2026

June 26, 2026

Mother-Daughter Duos in Scholarship and Activism

As I am researching families in the early modern period, I have found myself noticing...

June 25, 2026

How We Accidentally Found a Great Gnostic Poem

Time and again, great discoveries have transformed our understanding of religion and its history. We...

June 18, 2026

A Third Novel That Proves “Secret Mark” Is a Forgery

And Another Good Reason Why "Secret Mark" is Bogus Well, this is déjà vu all...

June 17, 2026

When We Baptized Business

In a recent post, I did a quick jaunt through early and medieval Christian’s (mostly)...

June 16, 2026

What Comes First: Doctrine or Ritual Practice?

As a child, I was taught to kneel next to my bed as I prayed...

June 11, 2026

Counting Evangelicals: A Major Online Conference

I am happy to lend space today to announcing a major virtual conference of real...

June 10, 2026

Marilyn Monroe and the Life of the Mind

"Home is the cats, my books, and my work never done." Patti Smith (M Train,...

June 09, 2026

Something Still Could: Courage for a Turbid Anniversary

“We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal...

June 08, 2026

History as Christian Discipleship

As a history educator for over thirty years, the reasons for studying history are never...

June 05, 2026

Calvin in Corinth: Complementarian, Confused, or Contextual?

Have you ever read something about history that stopped you in your tracks? That shook...

June 04, 2026

Finding the First Book Ever Written on a Hidden Gospel

I am continuing my series on Lost and Found Scriptures. I believe I have a...

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