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March 2020

March 31, 2020

The Christians Who Didn’t Take Communion… for 350 Years

As COVID-19 temporarily keeps millions of Christians from taking Communion, Chris recalls the story of...

March 30, 2020

Silent Apocalypse

Both Chris Gehrz and myself have recently been thinking back to the horrendous circumstances of...

March 28, 2020

Virtual Field Trips for Your Kids

While we're all stuck at home, Chris has some suggestions for how children interested in...

March 27, 2020

The Plague Village

As Chris Gehrz remarked recently, many Christians right now are avidly looking for texts and...

March 26, 2020

The Mercy of the Pelican

From the Anxious Bench archives: Whenever I'm in Salt Lake City, I like to stop at...

March 25, 2020

Spirits Eat Ripe Papaya: A Book Recommendation

It's ok to read for distraction.

March 24, 2020

The Importance of History During a Pandemic

Whether they're writing about the history of infectious disease or other topics, historians have an...

March 23, 2020

The Abyss of History

If the past several weeks has taught us anything, it is that history can be...

March 20, 2020

Martyrdom and Modern Christian History

As I noted recently, I am presently teaching a graduate course at Baylor on Global

March 19, 2020

Teaching Global Christian History

Through my decade or so at Baylor, I have on several occasions offered my graduate...

March 18, 2020

A Tale of Three Kates: Authors, Wives, and the Precarity of Protestant Women

Today we welcome Katherine Goodwin to the Anxious Bench. Katherine is a PhD student in...

March 17, 2020

About Martin Luther’s Letter on the Plague…

As the world responds to a new pandemic, Chris offers some historical and theological context...

March 16, 2020

The Pestilence That Walks in Darkness

In 1874, legendary Baptist leader Charles H. Spurgeon, the "Prince of Preachers," published a commentary on...

March 14, 2020

Binge Watching With The Anxious Bench

Stuck inside for a few weeks and looking for some binge watching ideas? The Anxious...

March 13, 2020

Why We Can’t Have Nice Feminists

It’s been a rough couple of weeks to be a feminist. First, there was Elizabeth...

March 12, 2020

City on a Hill: From John Winthrop to Donald Trump

I am excited to welcome Abram Van Engen to The Anxious Bench. Van Engen, Associate...

March 11, 2020

How a Globe-Trotting Black Preacher Helped Integrate Billy Graham’s Crusades

Howard Jones was surprised by Liberians’ awareness of racial tension in the American South.

March 10, 2020

What the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Meant for American Churches

In the fall of 1918, the influenza pandemic caused cities around the United States to...

March 09, 2020

Casualty of Coronavirus: Ecumenism

Something important got lost this past Leap Year Day. February 29, 2020 was supposed to...

March 06, 2020

Pale Horse, Pale Rider

With all the unavoidable news right now about disease and epidemics, it’s an obvious temptation...

March 05, 2020

Why I’m Giving Up Political Hobbyism for Lent

I must begin this post with a confession. The first thing I often do when...

March 04, 2020

The Gender Difference Argument for Women’s Theological Education

Last week I finally got around to listening to a podcast episode I had saved...

March 03, 2020

Reimagining a History PhD–Doing Academia outside of Academia

Today we welcome Paul Gutacker (M.A. and Th.M. Regent College; Ph.D. Baylor University) to the...

March 02, 2020

The Mound-Builder Myth and the American Bible

Jason Colavito spends his time demolishing pseudo-science and bogus archaeology (ancient aliens, giants, Nephilim, lost...

February 2020

February 28, 2020

Of Tech Startups and Megachurches

Normally what I post here includes some kind of original research or (ideally) fresh insight...

February 27, 2020

Tom Holland, Dominion

There are many ways to assess works of history. Does a book make a strong...

February 26, 2020

Burning Corsets at a Free Methodist Revival

When a moment of women’s empowerment reasserts sexual norms in the end

February 25, 2020

Will Your (Christian) College Close?

College closures have long been part of the story of American higher education. But recent...

February 24, 2020

Tradition, Tradition, Tradition

To think well and wisely about tradition, there are, to be sure, many sources. One...

February 21, 2020

It’s the Demography, Stupid

I have blogged quite a lot about the relationship between demographics – specifically, fertility rates...

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