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October 2017

October 04, 2017

The Death and Historical Afterlife of a World War II Soldier

Last Friday, 29 September 2017, we lost another World War II veteran. Out of the...

October 03, 2017

Lindbergh, Anti-Semitism, and White Supremacy

As he begins work on a spiritual biography of Charles Lindbergh, Chris wrestles with one...

October 02, 2017

Reformation, Science, and Modernity

I recently spoke at an excellent conference held at Hong Kong Baptist University, on the...

September 2017

September 29, 2017

Forgetting Christian Spain

"In the West ... early Christianity has lost its history." That powerful statement demands some...

September 28, 2017

The Great Awakening and the Collapse of New England Congregationalism

What happens when a religious establishment implodes? In his magisterial Darkness Falls on the Land...

September 27, 2017

Torture in Evangelical Discourse

How evangelical individualism justifies the use of torture

September 26, 2017

A (Brief) Religious History of the Star-Spangled Banner

Controversy is nothing new to America's national anthem. Historically, Christians have been among its staunchest...

September 25, 2017

Beware The Crucible

The first time it happened I thought it was a fluke, a funny self-referential New...

September 22, 2017

How Many Christians?

Just how many Christians were there in AD 200?

September 21, 2017

Pumpkin Spice and the Melancholy of Autumn

This post originally appeared at Historical Horizons, but like pumpkin spice lattes, it keeps coming...

September 20, 2017

An Ordinary Preaching Woman in a Texas Baptist Church, c. 1930

In a 2006 interview, Wayne Grudem argued that female leaders in the church (especially pastors)...

September 19, 2017

The Two Best Historical Dramas on TV

Why The Americans and Outlander may be the best historical dramas on the small or...

September 18, 2017

The Ancient Revolution That Made Our Modern Religious World

My new book Crucible of Faith is out tomorrow, September 19. I summarized the main...

September 15, 2017

Churches, Mosques and Temples: Who Came First?

One really divisive issue in European religion these days concerns the question of “Who came...

September 13, 2017

Evangelicals on Campus

"From 1950 until the 1990s," writes Andrew Finstuen in his contribution to Billy Graham: American...

September 13, 2017

Empty Pews? Invite Some Immigrants to America!

Why Steve Bannon's comments on immigration make some sense

September 12, 2017

4 Steps to the Renewal of Evangelicalism

With evangelicals facing mounting evidence of decline, Chris suggests four steps for renewal, drawn from...

September 11, 2017

What is Tradition?

As a current project, I am working on organizing a conference on "The Idea of...

September 08, 2017

Teaching Religion: Universal Ideas?

In my last post, I tried to identify some of the universals in human nature...

September 07, 2017

The Roots of a Public Housing Crisis in Cairo, Illinois

We are joined today at the Anxious Bench by Kerry Pimblott, author of Faith in...

September 06, 2017

The Medieval Counsel of Biblical Womanhood

The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood exploded my twitter feed last week. As a...

September 05, 2017

How Do Protestants and Catholics View Each Other in 2017?

For the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, new survey examines how Protestants and Catholics view...

September 04, 2017

Teaching Religion: Building Blocks of Faith

Recently, I discussed teaching courses in Religious Studies, and specifically in World Religions. I always...

September 01, 2017

The Media Mangle a Religion Story, Again

No, this is not going to shake the foundations of faith.

August 2017

August 31, 2017

The Chance of Salvation

Lincoln Mullen is the author of the recently published The Chance of Salvation: A History...

August 30, 2017

A Highly Trained Nonviolent Peacekeeping Force

The Mennonites behind the Clergy Protests in Charlottesville

August 29, 2017

The Religious History of State Fairs

Is there a religious history of America's state fairs? Chris reports from one of the...

August 28, 2017

Antislavery Monument for Sale

Some monuments should be put into storage. Others should be taken out.

August 26, 2017

Christian Scholars on Racism in America Today

Dozens of Christian historians and other scholars have signed an open letter condemning racism, co-written...

August 25, 2017

Teaching Religion: A Year in the Life

For many years, I taught an introductory Religious Studies course on World Religions. On several...

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