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March 2016

March 01, 2016

How to Ask for a Letter of Recommendation

For professors, writing letters of recommendation is a constant part of the job. Wise undergraduate...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Secularization or Religious Pluralism?

What is the “big story” that scholars should tell about the relationship of religion to...

February 26, 2016

1741: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Climate

I recently posted about understanding the social dimension to religious crises and conflicts. Briefly, I...

February 25, 2016

Salvation Mountain

For historians and other scholars, religion provides an endless supply of fascinating narratives. And few...

February 24, 2016

For Prospective Graduate Students: How to Interview Better

I didn't have to interview for graduate school. I did visit the campuses of my...

February 23, 2016

The Constitution “Divinely Inspired”? Ben Franklin Answers

Last week I posted about a Ted Cruz rally at which Glenn Beck argued that the...

February 22, 2016

1680: Apocalypse and Modernity

The years between 1675 and 1685 were marked by repeated catastrophes, involving wars and revolts,...

February 18, 2016

1680: Revolts in America

I have been posting on the catastrophic years around 1680, when climate-induced changes vastly increased...

February 18, 2016

Emptiness

In Paul's letter to the church at Philippi, he includes what most scholars regard as...

February 17, 2016

Unexpected Sites of Christian Pacifism: South Korea

South Korea is an embattled nation. Birthed out of brutal Japanese rule from 1910 to...

February 16, 2016

Ted Cruz: When Civil Religion Goes Too Far

Our fellow Patheos blogger Warren Throckmorton posted about recent comments Glenn Beck made at a...

February 15, 2016

Remember that you are dust

All of my children got ashes on the forehead before getting washed with the waters...

February 12, 2016

1680: The Limits of Christendom

I recently described the tumultuous years 1675-1685, and how they shaped the future of Europe...

February 11, 2016

The Geneva Bible’s One Covenant of Grace

From 1560 until well into the seventeenth century, the Geneva Bible was the most widely...

February 10, 2016

Counting the Cost of a History PhD

I still remember the day I got the letter. Five full years of support, including...

February 09, 2016

Why the Founding Fathers Spoke the King James Bible

One of the besetting problems of "Christian America" history writing is that it often interprets...

February 08, 2016

1680: Climates of Revolt

Any account of religion in the pre-Modern world has to take account of economic circumstances,...

February 05, 2016

1680: Crops, Catastrophes, and Religious Crises

This is about how we write religious history, and also about a dimension of that...

February 04, 2016

Malcolm X in Cairo

"My heart is in Cairo," declared Malik El-Shabazz (more commonly known as Malcolm X, formerly...

February 03, 2016

Bethel at War: A Digital History

I'm pleased to present a guest post from Fletcher Warren, a recent graduate of Bethel...

February 02, 2016

The Perfect Religious President

There are so many discussions swirling around evangelicals' best choice for president that it makes...

February 01, 2016

Deciding about College

The season has arrived when many graduating high-school seniors and their parents begin to make...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

Why Gorgias Matters

This post concerns a wonderful and too-little known resource for Christian history. If you are...

January 28, 2016

Evangelicals Will Vote Trump

On Tuesday, Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. endorsed Donald Trump. A NBC news poll...

January 27, 2016

A Whale of a Tale: A Pastor’s Guide to Historical Research, Part II

In 1891, the British whaling ship Star of the East was slammed by the tale...

January 26, 2016

How Much Do You Need To Read Before Writing?

A reader and friend asked me recently about a key issue in the writing process:...

January 25, 2016

Christians in the Arab Gulf

I have been posting about Islamic apocalyptic mythologies that borrowed heavily from Christian precedents. That...

January 22, 2016

The Hadith and the Jews

I have been discussing the Islamic Hadith, and the apocalyptic traditions found in the section...

January 21, 2016

The Invention of God

Thomas Römer's The Invention of God is a provocative, brilliant, and challenging book. Römer's narrates...

January 20, 2016

The Global Context of InterVarsity and #BlackLivesMatter

Part of InterVarsity’s response to the #BlackLivesMatter controversy has been entirely predictable. In part, the...

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