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February 2021

February 15, 2021

Of Fakes, Forgeries, and Stonehenge

This blog addresses the issue of why scholars who care about their craft absolutely have...

February 12, 2021

To Trap Him in His Words

I recently had a sobering lesson in how we understand the New Testament. Obviously, it’s...

February 11, 2021

LaVell Edwards: The Mormon Father of Modern Football

Hunter Hampton is Assistant Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University. Hunter earned...

February 10, 2021

The Danger of a Single Mennonite Story

My ancestors weren't as peaceful as advertised.

February 09, 2021

“Jesus is Not a Republican or a Democrat”: A History

Chris looks into the history of an expression that's resurfaced often in the last year...

February 08, 2021

Centering Religion in American History: An Interview with Benjamin Park

Despite ongoing public commentary about how the rise of religious "nones" reveals that "America lost...

February 05, 2021

Has the Virus Crisis Strengthened Americans’ Faith?

What will US religion look like in a decade or two? This is the subject...

February 04, 2021

Tornado God: An Interview with Peter Thuesen

We are pleased to welcome Peter J. Thuesen to the Anxious Bench. Thuesen is Professor...

February 03, 2021

COVID Vaccines, Nuclear Weapons, and Scientific Progress

I started college as an astrophysics major. I had always loved Star Wars and Star...

February 02, 2021

Barack Obama’s A Promised Land as a Civil Religious Memoir

Reviewing Barack Obama's first book about his presidency, Chris found A Promised Land something like...

February 01, 2021

Cancelling Alice Walker?

David Baddiel is a British comedian and writer, who is usually very funny. He is...

January 2021

January 29, 2021

Of Serpents, Lions, and Eagle’s Wings

My present research involves writing a biography of Psalm 91 as it has been read...

January 28, 2021

“To Touch the Face of God”

35 years ago today, President Ronald Reagan eulogized the astronauts who died in the Challenger...

January 27, 2021

How the Civil Rights Movement Converted Liberal White Protestants to Secularism

When I began studying American history as a Ph.D. student at Brown University twenty years...

January 26, 2021

Joe Biden, Josh Hawley, and the Schism in American Civil Religion

Today we welcome Daniel Meeter to the Anxious Bench. Rev. Meeter has retired from nineteen years...

January 25, 2021

The Forgotten American Bible

Chris tells the story of the ASV, the Bible that was "common among mainline Protestants......

January 25, 2021

Grief and Hope, American Style

In our season of tumult, grief, and new hope, the film Pieces of a Woman,...

January 22, 2021

America’s Invisible Churches

We often encounter attempts to gauge the strength of faiths and denominations in the US,...

January 21, 2021

The Evangelicalism I Love

The subculture of American evangelicalism has shaped me deeply. My most formative spiritual experiences through...

January 20, 2021

The Cost of Complementarianism: An Interview with a (former) Southern Baptist Missionary

Today I am sharing a hard story of how a woman, simply because of her...

January 19, 2021

What Were We Thinking? A Brief Intellectual History of Christianity in the Trump Era

As the Trump presidency enters its last day, we look back at some of the...

January 18, 2021

Moon Gaffney and Catholic History

I post from time to time about books that I believe tell us a lot...

January 15, 2021

Why Pop. 1280 is an American Religious Classic

This is going to be intriguing. In 2019, it was announced that the terrific director...

January 14, 2021

Josh Hawley, Betsy DeVos, and Abraham Kuyper: A Reckoning

Today we welcome Janel Kragt Bakker to the Anxious Bench. Janel is Associate Professor of Mission,...

January 13, 2021

Conference on Faith and History Board Response to the Assault on the US Capitol January 2021

Three members of the Anxious Bench community also serve on the Executive Board of the...

January 13, 2021

The Sensory Experiences of Child Sponsorship

A conversation with Hillary Kaell about her book that traces the movement of money, letters,...

January 12, 2021

The Crisis in American Democracy: An International Perspective

As the Trump era ends, Chris talks to political scientist Andy Bramsen, a comparative politics...

January 11, 2021

“Sanctified Sinophobia” and the Role of Christian Nationalism in Anti-Asian Racism: An Interview with Lucas Kwong

In the stories, images, and video footage of last week’s insurrection at the Capitol, two...

January 09, 2021

Will This Week Bring an Epiphany for Evangelicals?

I've read much nastier negative comments in my time as a blogger, but few that...

January 08, 2021

The Lord of the Sea

I post from time to time about books that talk about religious ideas, and which...

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