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February 2017

February 14, 2017

When Religious Biography Is Not Hagiography: Woodrow Wilson

A new book on Woodrow Wilson illustrates that religious biography need not be hagiography.

February 13, 2017

Nicholas of Cusa on the Diversity of Religions

In my last post, I profiled Raymond Llull (1232-1316) as a forerunner of modern-day interreligious...

February 10, 2017

Spreading the Faith: Lessons from US History

We hear a lot today about the effects of immigrants on American religion, and the...

February 09, 2017

Heroes of the Faith: True, but not Accurate

Today at the Anxious Bench we welcome Bruce Berglund, professor of history at Calvin College. He...

February 08, 2017

Dance and the Church: A History More Complicated than Footloose…

Today we are pleased to welcome Lynneth Miller to the Anxious Bench. Lynneth is a...

February 07, 2017

Unexpected Sites of Christian Pacifism: Baptists during WWII and Vietnam

While most Baptists supported America's war efforts in WWII and Vietnam, some embraced the pacifism...

February 06, 2017

Spreading the Faith: Daniel Syndrome

Another in a series of posts about the many and various ways in which religions...

February 03, 2017

Spreading the Faith: Mission, Migration and Movement

As you must have noticed, immigration has been much in the news of late, and...

February 02, 2017

Biographies Full of Females

Who's significant? As Chris Gehrz discussed in a recent post, his students -- and most...

February 01, 2017

A Report from the Women’s March on Washington

Guest blogger Mandy McMichael reflects on her participation in the Women's March on Washington in...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

“…Not Hitler, But Still Kinda Like Hitler”

Should historians consider analogies between Donald Trump and fascist leaders like Adolf Hitler? While the...

January 30, 2017

Birth and Eating as Resistance Movements

Should Christians have any particular care about food and eating? Should Christians have any particular...

January 27, 2017

Mixing and Merging Languages

One thing that makes me feel very much at home in Texas is the way...

January 26, 2017

Praying for the Best and Preparing for the Worst

Today we welcome Jonathan Couser to the Anxious Bench. Jonathan received an M.Div. from Yale Divinity...

January 25, 2017

Because Christian Women Should Fight Against Misogyny too….

Imagine a world rife with misogyny and governed by patriarchy. A world where women are...

January 24, 2017

On Faith, Resistance, and Self-Sacrifice

Chris tells the story of the White Rose anti-Nazi resistance, with an eye to some...

January 23, 2017

The Graduate Course, and Other Mythical Beasts

I’m just preparing a graduate course that I am scheduled to teach next year. Through...

January 21, 2017

I Do Not Owe “Total Allegiance” to America

In his inaugural address, Donald Trump exhorted "total allegiance" to the U.S.A. That's not a...

January 20, 2017

Shadows of the Future

"Answer me one question. Are these the shadows of the things that will be, or...

January 19, 2017

The Desecration of Indian Corpses

In February 1850, Mormon settlers began a brief but bloody campaign against several bands of...

January 18, 2017

Mandates from the Masses and the Call to Courageous Christian Scholarship

Today's guest post comes to us from Scott Culpepper, Associate Professor of History at Dordt...

January 17, 2017

Seeking God in The Holocaust

A new book helps us understand how Europeans on both sides of World War II...

January 16, 2017

When did “Interreligious Dialogue” begin?

It is hard to find today a major city that does not have an “interfaith”...

January 13, 2017

And the Non-Stories

Recently, I write about some of the megatrends that have shaped American religion over the...

January 12, 2017

A New Moral Vision

If you clicked on this link because you're desperately seeking a new moral vision, this...

January 11, 2017

Make a Good Impression at Academic Conferences (Please!)

It was sunny and warm today in Texas without a snow cloud in sight. I...

January 10, 2017

Lewis, Tolkien, and the Shadow of War

Two of the most famous British veterans of World War I were C.S. Lewis and...

January 09, 2017

Branching Paths and Alternate Histories

I have long valued Rick Perlstein as an excellent scholar of recent American history, chiefly...

January 06, 2017

Forty Years On: American Megatrends

I am presently preparing some courses that I will teach at Baylor on “Late Modern”...

January 05, 2017

John Knox and His Women

Jane Dawson begins and ends her biography of John Knox with touching, familial scenes. The...

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