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May 2022

May 17, 2022

An Oral History of The Anxious Bench: Change over Time

Part two in Chris' "oral" history of this blog covers the period from 2015 to...

May 16, 2022

Reconsider the Stepmother

Among his many other exceptional qualities, Abraham Lincoln had high regard for his stepmother. Sarah...

May 12, 2022

Peopling the Biblical World

The Biblical world at various eras is probably the most intensely studied society in human...

May 11, 2022

How Did the Reformation Matter for Women?

"Have you been to St. Thomas yet?" The question buzzed my phone. It was from...

May 10, 2022

An Oral History of The Anxious Bench: Origins

This month The Anxious Bench celebrates its 10th anniversary by telling its own story... starting...

May 09, 2022

Making Ukraine, and How Empires Invent Geography

More than usually, I am currently living in two different worlds, and traveling between them,...

May 05, 2022

The Lost Letters of Saint Paul, and How They Were Lost

Much of Christian theology and doctrine grows out of St. Paul’s letters to various congregations...

May 04, 2022

Rome to Rotterdam: The Weaver-Swartzes Go on Pilgrimage

A trip in which we interrogate our familial and religious heritage

May 03, 2022

What the End of Roe v. Wade Will Mean for Abortion Rates (part 1)

What will the end of Roe v. Wade really mean for abortion in America? If...

May 02, 2022

Heathens and and the History of Race-Making in the United States: A Conversation with Kathryn Gin Lum

Scholars have long described the global ambitions of White Protestant American as rooted in...

April 2022

April 28, 2022

The Curse of Capitals and the Theology of Punctuation

I have invented a new discipline, the Theology of Punctuation. Some years ago, I published...

April 27, 2022

What is a Conservative Christian College? On the Grove City CRT Report

Grove City College, a small liberal arts institution in Pennsylvania, has been in the news....

April 26, 2022

“Just the Same as Never Before”: A Christian College at 150

As his university concludes its 150th anniversary, Chris considers how it remains — in the words...

April 25, 2022

Counting the Ways

The evangelist Luke tells us about a couple who were en route to Emmaus, when...

April 22, 2022

The Quiet Reformation: How The Making of Biblical Womanhood is Setting Women Free

This week marks the one year anniversary of The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation...

April 22, 2022

What Secular Liberal Historians Can Teach Conservative Christians about the Gospel

Should a conservative Christian study history in a liberal secular academic institution? I was reminded...

April 21, 2022

Walking on the Water

Over the past week, we have heard a great deal about Jesus's Resurrection, open tombs,...

April 20, 2022

Evangelicals Need More Military History (But of a Theologically Orthodox Kind)

Two weeks after Russian tanks first rolled into Ukraine, the Time Magazine’s March 14 issue...

April 19, 2022

What Has 2022 To Do with 1939?

Chris considers another analogy between WWII and the war in Ukraine: how the arguments made...

April 18, 2022

On Loneliness and Solitude

I have recently had the pleasure of hosting a two-speaker conference on the theme of...

April 14, 2022

Save Us, Lord, We Are Perishing!

In several past blogs, I have commented on the extreme difficulty of reading the New...

April 13, 2022

Gone Girl: Disappearing Women from an Easter Hymn

I'm currently on a research trip in England, so am posting from my Anxious Bench...

April 12, 2022

“The Ukrainian Family”

In recent days, Marc Chagall's WWII-era painting of a "Ukrainian Family" has been circulating on...

April 11, 2022

The Way to Easter

During Holy Week, it's tempting to think about the way, or rather, the Way. That...

April 08, 2022

Temperance Abroad: A Tale of the Temperance Movement in the Most Baptist Land on Earth

Husezo Rhakho is a doctoral student in the Religion Department at Baylor University. He holds...

April 07, 2022

Lascars, Askaris, and the Footsoldiers of Empire

As empires spread around the world, they carry with them ideas and institutions, and terminology,...

April 06, 2022

A Tragic Anniversary: The Politics of Jesus Turns Fifty

Reflections on a book of peace written by a violent man

April 05, 2022

College for Christians

Why go to college? How do you find a good fit? Is the cost worth...

April 05, 2022

The Five Emerging Factions in Evangelical Higher Education

Will the culture war flashpoints that are fragmenting American evangelicalism divide evangelical higher education as...

April 04, 2022

Religion, Burnout, and the Worship of Work in Silicon Valley: Reflections on Carolyn Chen’s Work Pray Code

Over 20 million Americans chose to quit their jobs since September 2021. The forces behind...

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