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May 2019

May 23, 2019

The Myth of Puritan Intolerance (Part II)

A few weeks ago, I suggested that the "myth" of puritan intolerance is "not very...

May 22, 2019

The Latin American Evangelical Left: An Interview with David Kirkpatrick, Part II

David Swartz interviews David Kirkpatrick about his new book on the Latin American evangelical left.

May 21, 2019

Rachel Held Evans, Beth Moore, and the Power of Evangelical Coalitions

As news spread of Rachel Held Evans’s death, one quote continued to pop up in...

May 20, 2019

Again with the Evils of E-cigarettes

Someday, soon perhaps, the Juul e-cigarette will pass into the heap of cast-off youth fads and...

May 17, 2019

The Missing Paul

Not long ago, I posted about the Book of Acts, suggesting that some very early...

May 16, 2019

Don’t Balance Budgets on the Back of History

Chris writes his first letter to a member of the U.S. Congress.

May 15, 2019

Because Christian Patriarchy Isn’t Christian

In 215 B.C., a defeated and cash-strapped Rome passed a new law. The context was...

May 14, 2019

When Churches Were Left in Ruins

About a month after the fire that nearly destroyed Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral, it's clear that...

May 13, 2019

Jesus, Hosea, and the Third Day

Early Christians believed that Jesus had predicted his Resurrection, and associated that event with the...

May 11, 2019

A New Hope For Evangelical Women

My phone buzzed. I glanced quickly, then my brain clicked. I turned the car off...

May 10, 2019

Miraculous Draughts

I have been posting about the passage in the last chapter of John’s Gospel in...

May 09, 2019

How Much Religious Freedom Is Too Much?

In a convoluted New York Times op-ed published this past Tuesday, Margaret Renkl argued against...

May 08, 2019

The Latin American Evangelical Left: An Interview with David Kirkpatrick

David R. Swartz interviews David Kirkpatrick about his new book "A Gospel for the Poor"

May 07, 2019

The Religious History of Star Trek

One of our resident Trekkies examines the complicated relationship between religion and the science fiction...

May 06, 2019

Notes on Qatar

The state of Qatar, which protrudes into the Persian Gulf with Saudi Arabia to its...

May 04, 2019

The Legacy of Rachel Held Evans

Kristin, Beth, and Chris pay tribute to writer Rachel Held Evans, who died this morning...

May 03, 2019

The Man Who Collected Paul

I have been thinking about how Paul’s letters came to be collected and remembered. If...

May 02, 2019

Religion as a “National Security Threat”: Lessons from the Second World War

This past weekend, nearly 2,000 people made the annual pilgrimage to Manzanar, one of the...

May 01, 2019

Because Evangelical Women Should Fight Against Misogyny Too…….

This is revised from my Ancient Bench archives. I wanted to post it again,...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

All History Is Revisionist History

Citing a changed name for Fort Snelling, Minnesota legislators recently voted to slash the budget...

April 29, 2019

Early Christian Women and the Making of Scripture

I have been writing about different traditions of the Resurrection and what I understand to...

April 26, 2019

Jesus the Jew. Really.

A golden rule when reading the New York Times is never to be shocked by...

April 25, 2019

The Myth of Puritan Intolerance

Puritan New England's reputation for rigidity and intolerance goes back almost all the way to...

April 24, 2019

Does Brooklyn need to check extravagance?

A New York Times report earlier this year on trends of stylish Brooklyn moms put...

April 23, 2019

A Sacramental Vision of the Liberal Arts

Chris proposes that we might better understand the purpose of the Christian liberal arts if...

April 22, 2019

Pence, Populist Evangelicals, and the Politics of College Commencements

Pence's invitation to speak at Taylor University's commencement reveals an evangelical populism that has been...

April 20, 2019

Pilate’s Holy Saturday

In part because the gospel accounts have so little to say about Holy Saturday, in...

April 19, 2019

Mark’s Ending and the Resurrection

The final chapter of John’s gospel reports the risen Christ meeting his disciples at the...

April 18, 2019

Pete Buttigieg and The Politics of American Greatness

On Sunday, Pete Buttigieg made it official. He’s running for president, because he wants “to...

April 17, 2019

The Crucifixions of the World Wars

As Christians prepare for Good Friday, Chris considers how the Crucifixion helped Europeans make meaning...

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