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August 2016

August 07, 2016

My Trump Syllabus

I recently found myself on the fringes of an academic controversy. The Chronicle of Higher...

August 05, 2016

The Black Dog and the Wicker Man

Last time I described how rogue academics produced a mythology of continuing paganism and human...

August 04, 2016

Pelican of Mercy

Whenever I'm in Salt Lake City, I like to stop at the Cathedral of the...

August 03, 2016

How Activists Claimed Primary Season (for awhile)

During the Democratic National Convention, supporters of Bernie Sanders denounced the superdelegate system as rigged....

August 02, 2016

Religion in The Olympics… and The Olympics as Religion

Surveying the complicated history of Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the modern Olympics, whose founder...

August 01, 2016

How to Pray for a Presidential Candidate You Don’t Like

Under current circumstances, praying people might puzzle over how to pray for leaders they do...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

No Room in Wayne Grudem’s World for a Female President

In a stunning statement, Wayne Grudem--Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies at Phoenix Seminary,...

July 29, 2016

Dark Majesty and Folk Horror

This coming Monday, August 1, marks the medieval feast of Lammas, Loaf-mass, the year’s first...

July 28, 2016

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, By Their Words

by Katelyn Guichelaar and Kristin Du Mez The national party conventions of the past two...

July 27, 2016

Starting Graduate School Well–Some Advice

I swam with dolphins last week. It wasn't planned--they just appeared, a mom and her...

July 26, 2016

Soviets and Sassenachs: My Two Favorite Historical TV Series

In the first two posts in this series, I've suggested that historical movies — and TV...

July 25, 2016

Fertility, Faith and Politics

I have been writing on the global demographic revolution marked by collapsing fertility rates and...

July 22, 2016

Fertility, Faith and Islam

I have been posting about declining fertility rates around the world, specifically about their impact...

July 21, 2016

How Donald Trump Is Prompting a Debate about the Practice of History

Should historians be taking sides in the 2016 election? Does our discipline give us any...

July 21, 2016

America’s Public Bible

Many historians have observed that early Americans lived in a culture drenched in scripture. Through...

July 20, 2016

Trump, Evangelicals, and the Democratic Party

White evangelicals have become such an entrenched bloc in the Republican Party that four out...

July 19, 2016

What Makes for the Best Historical Movies? (part 2)

Two more questions to ask of historical films: Are its makers actually interested in the...

July 18, 2016

Will the EU Go the Way of Yugoslavia?

The Brexit vote, the attacks in Nice, and the attempted coup in Turkey have a...

July 17, 2016

Sacred Violence in Early America

In 1637, English forces and their native allies encircled a Pequot village and burned alive...

July 15, 2016

The Terror Attack in France

I don't normally post two items in a day, but this is a special circumstance....

July 15, 2016

Fertility and Faith, Continued

I have made the case that fertility and faith are intimately linked. Very generally, falling...

July 14, 2016

The Crisis of Corporate Evangelicalism (Part 2 – Defining Evangelicalism)

[You can read Part 1 here if you missed it.] Let’s talk about the...

July 13, 2016

The Gender Inclusive Bible Debate (Medieval Style)

I remember this so well. It was 1997--the year I graduated from college, the year...

July 12, 2016

What Makes for the Best Historical Movies? (part 1)

How should we evaluate historical movies like Free State of Jones? (part 1 of 3)

July 11, 2016

Fertility and Faith

I have written a good deal about the relationship between demographics and religious loyalties, and...

July 08, 2016

Two Sides of One Coin? (Buddhist and Christian Decline, Part III)

I have been comparing the decline of two once mighty religious systems, namely Buddhism in...

July 07, 2016

Forgeries and Schadenfreude

Nearly four years ago, Karen King publicized a Coptic manuscript she had dated to the...

July 06, 2016

Evangelicals, Local Churches, and Transformational Advocacy

Historically, evangelicals have hesitated to engage structures and systems. The book Advocating for Justice represents...

July 05, 2016

A Brief History of Patriotic Hymns

Just how often have patriotic songs appeared in American hymnals?

July 04, 2016

Meet Our Newest Contributors: Kristin Du Mez and Tim Gloege

An interview with Kristin Du Mez and Tim Gloege, the two newest members of The...

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