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February 2023

February 07, 2023

Sheep, Community, and Accountability: Lessons from a Medieval Parish for the Modern Church

In one of my classes this spring, my students are reading one of the books...

February 06, 2023

People, Get Ready!

Last month, Eerdman’s Press published People Get Ready: Twelve Jesus-Haunted Misfits, Malcontents, and Dreamers in...

February 02, 2023

Slavery and Redemption in the New Testament

"Well done, thou good and faithful slave!" That is certainly not a common rendering of...

February 01, 2023

Is Religion Naturally Averse to Technology?

Today we welcome a guest contribution from Michael Baysa. Baysa is a Ph.D. Candidate in...

January 2023

January 31, 2023

Jonathan Edwards, An Enslaver and Progenitor of Abolitionism

Today we welcome a guest contribution from John T. Lowe, Ph.D.. Lowe teaches American History...

January 30, 2023

Every Day People in Every Day Places: Local Civil Rights Movements and the Long Black Freedom Struggle

Today we welcome back Allie Roberts as a guest contributor to the Anxious Bench. Roberts...

January 27, 2023

Science, Religion, and Nineteenth Century Protestantism

Today we have the pleasure of welcoming James C. Ungureanu (PhD, University of Queensland) as...

January 26, 2023

The Myth of the Men-Stealers

A recent post at this site concerned the history of American slavery, and like many...

January 25, 2023

The Old Faith in a New Nation: A Conversation With Paul Gutacker

We commonly assume that American Protestants haven't ever cared much about church history. Paul Gutacker's...

January 24, 2023

Why Abortion Divides American Protestants

This week, the most controversial Supreme Court decision of modern times, Roe v. Wade, reached...

January 23, 2023

The Racism of People Who Love You: A Conversation with Samira Mehta

The fastest growing racial demographic group in the US is people who are mixed race....

January 20, 2023

The Legacy We Must Heed (Part 1)

A year ago, I spoke at Eastern Nazarene College to celebrate Martin Luther King’s legacy....

January 19, 2023

The Story of Lazarus and the Making of the New Testament

Over the past couple of centuries, scholars have devoted a lot of attention to understanding...

January 18, 2023

Billy Graham in Europe: An Interview with Uta Balbier

Today, Europe is a predominantly secular continent, but that is not how American evangelicals perceived...

January 17, 2023

Welcome to New Blogger Lynneth Renberg!

Nine years ago, I was reading applications for our PhD program at Baylor History. My...

January 16, 2023

A Musing on the Evangélicos of the Brazilian Insurrection

On January 8, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed the Brazilian Congress, Supreme Court, Senate, and...

January 13, 2023

In a Limbo of Pain: Welcoming the New Year from a Hospital Bathroom

I glanced at my phone. It was 11:48pm on December 31, 2022. I ambled slowly...

January 12, 2023

A Perfumed Gospel

Over the past couple of decades, one of the most active and creative fields of...

January 11, 2023

How the English Reformation was Named: Historiography as Political Mythology (Guest Post by Benjamin Guyer)

It is a new year and a wonderful time to welcome a new guest contributor...

January 10, 2023

Participate in the Guild: Get Connected to the Conference on Faith and History (CFH)

The Conference on Faith and History (CFH) has its annual board meeting this Friday, on...

January 09, 2023

#Praying for Damar Hamlin

Like many of you, I watched in horror last Monday as Buffalo Bills safety Damar...

January 07, 2023

On Defending the Indefensible: A Call for Moral Clarity

“The Americans, having introduced slavery among them, their hearts have become almost seared, as with...

January 05, 2023

War, Pestilence, and the Life Verse(s) of Victorian America

Can a whole society have a life verse? As I argue in my recent book,...

January 03, 2023

A Response to Kevin DeYoung on John Witherspoon

Today we have the pleasure of welcoming a guest contribution from Jacob Huneycutt, a history...

December 2022

December 30, 2022

Enjoyable History Books of 2022

I’ve been long in the habit of sharing enjoyable reads from the last year. For...

December 29, 2022

Priests on Screen in Multi-Ethnic America

Through the years, I have worked on how media portrayals reflect changing attitudes towards religion,...

December 28, 2022

Women in the Christmas Story, as Translated by a Woman

One of the wonderful things about working on a book about how women navigated theological...

December 27, 2022

What We Learned about Abortion Politics This Year

2022 was the most momentous year in the history of American abortion politics since 1973....

December 26, 2022

When You Can’t Be Home For the Holidays: Refugee Policies, Family Separation, and the Disruption of Ritual Life

The winter holidays are a time when Americans celebrate home and family. Consider the songs...

December 23, 2022

The Gloomy Vaults of Mammon

Merry Christmas and Christmas season! As I have been preparing to write my first book...

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