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January 2022

January 05, 2022

(Two) Year in Review: Women, Baptists, and Science, Oh My!

Inspired by Chris’s excellent annual overviews of the themes in our blogging, I decided to...

January 04, 2022

Why Do Christians Read (and Write) Biographies?

“Why should we read — and write — biographies?” It seemed like a good question...

January 03, 2022

Primal Religion? Indigenous? Traditional? What?

Across much of Africa, we encounter the familiar figure of the Nganga, a word that...

December 2021

December 31, 2021

Happy New Year, and Enjoy Your Bath!

A beautifully decorated tree forms the center-piece of the snow-dusted city square, festive lights are...

December 30, 2021

2021: The Year of Christian Women

As I look over our thirty most-read posts in 2021, I’m reminded of the trademark...

December 29, 2021

America’s Satanic Landlord

Recently, I commented on the important new book The Dawn of Everything, by David Graeber...

December 28, 2021

My Favorite Articles, Essays, and Blog Posts in 2021

Chris recommends some of his favorite short reads from 2021, touching on everything from fast...

December 27, 2021

Telescope Seeks Birth of Universe while We Rejoice that in the Beginning Was the Word

Something new happened on Christmas Eve in French Guiana: the launch of the James Webb...

December 24, 2021

The Magi and the Cave of Treasures

As any Bible reader knows, the infant Jesus was visited by Magi, who brought gold,...

December 23, 2021

The Great War’s Great Christmas Memorial

Chris explains the history of a war memorial that's "both more ephemeral and more enduring...

December 22, 2021

Why Evangelicals Need Gender History

Today we welcome Katie Heatherly to The Anxious Bench. Katie is a first year student...

December 21, 2021

It’s a Wonderful Life

Chris explains why It's a Wonderful Life is both his favorite Christmas movie... and yet...

December 20, 2021

Religious Decline, and the Secular Religion of Community

'Tis the year's midnight, which is an excellent time to discuss themes of decline, contraction,...

December 17, 2021

In The Beginning, All The World Was America, And More So Than That Is Now

I have been reading the sizable new book The Dawn of Everything, by David Graeber...

December 16, 2021

Roe v. Wade’s Imminent Demise Reflects Liberal Protestantism’s Decline

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade next June – which is a likely...

December 15, 2021

The 2020 Census, Immigration, and Evangelical Politics

The third and final part of David's series on evangelicals, immigration, and the 2020 Census

December 14, 2021

To Be a Historian Is To Speak over Gravesides

In a figurative sense, I stand by gravesides most of the time I teach, write,...

December 13, 2021

Delightful Trolling and the Political Possibilities of Christmas Carols

The dazzling lights and the decadent feasts all delight me, but the Christmas tradition that...

December 10, 2021

Of Popes, Fairies, and Religious Liberty

“What are you laughing so much about?” asked my wife in puzzlement. “I’m reading Thomas...

December 09, 2021

My Favorite “Fundamentalist”

Chris pays tribute to his friend and mentor, Kevin Cragg (1945-2021), who taught ancient history...

December 08, 2021

Why I Love Advent

I love Advent. It is the season in the church calendar that I have observed...

December 07, 2021

Reconstructing Evangelicalism

Joel Lawrence, executive director of the Center for Pastor Theologians, talks to us about reconstructing...

December 06, 2021

Of Revivals, Convulsions, and Witchcraft Panics

Last time I wrote about the amazing ecstatic behavior of followers of a radical Catholic...

December 03, 2021

Of Awakenings, Convulsions, and Writing Christian History

This blog concerns a complaint I often have when I read Christian history, which in...

December 02, 2021

Tejano Methodism, Material Culture, and COVID

Guest blogger Angela Tarango shares some of her research on the material culture of Tejano...

December 01, 2021

The Mensch on a Bench: Reflections on Commercializing Hanukkah in Modern America

In 164 BCE, the Maccabees, the Jewish priestly family that would go on to found the...

November 2021

November 30, 2021

Christmas Gifts for the History Buff in Your Life

This blog serves a number of purposes. It helps Christians think more deeply about the...

November 29, 2021

“The First Atheist State in the World”

While religious Americans might have exaggerated the “godlessness” of communism during the Cold War, they...

November 26, 2021

1708: Thus Is Religion Also Panic

In the opening years of the eighteenth century, England experienced an outbreak of spiritual excitement,...

November 25, 2021

Thanksgiving for What?

Today we're happy to welcome back to the Bench Janine Giordano Drake. A faculty member in...

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