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January 2016

January 19, 2016

How Not to Market a Book

John Turner had an excellent post last week on book marketing for academics. I have...

January 18, 2016

Drawn to the Women Saints

“I am not Catholic, and yet I find myself drawn to the women saints,” admits...

January 15, 2016

Turmoil and Portents

Although the Islamic Hadith are sayings attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, many of them probably...

January 14, 2016

How to Market a Book

The title of this post is as much of a question as a statement. This...

January 13, 2016

The Thin Blue Line

A thin blue line runs through the nave of Durham Cathedral in England. Made from...

January 12, 2016

Why I Joined Marco Rubio’s Religious Liberty Advisory Board

Many of you have heard that I have joined Senator Marco Rubio's Religious Liberty Advisory...

January 11, 2016

Dueling Apocalypses

I have been posting about some apocalyptic sayings attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, which are...

January 08, 2016

Jesus at Dabiq

The Hadith are sayings attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, and some address apocalyptic themes. One...

January 07, 2016

Vonette Zachary Bright (1926-2015)

In December 2004, I went to Orlando, Florida, to interview Vonette Bright. I was in...

January 06, 2016

InterVarsity and #BlackLivesMatter in Historical Perspective

In the last month, Franklin Graham called for a moratorium on Muslim immigration. Polls seemed...

January 05, 2016

Donald Trump and the Crisis of American Populism

In the 1960s William F. Buckley famously quipped that he'd rather be governed by the...

January 04, 2016

Remembering the Massacres of Innocents

Lately, the nation has rightly focused on the jihadist massacres in Beruit, Paris, and San...

January 01, 2016

Apocalypse at Dabiq

Over the past year, the word Dabiq has come to be associated with some horrendous...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

The Study Quran

For the unfamiliar (that includes me), the Qur'an is an imposing, rather intimidating scripture. Unlike...

December 30, 2015

A Pastor’s Quick Guide to Reliable Historical Research

A friend of mine was preparing his sermon. We happened to be at the same...

December 29, 2015

Top Posts of 2015, Anxious Bench

Here are the year's top posts of 2015 by author. Thanks for reading and supporting...

December 28, 2015

The Ghosts of Stonehenge

'Tis the year's midnight, and 'tis the day's, and a good time to think of...

December 27, 2015

In Our Time

Here is my Christmas present to Anxious Bench readers. Do you ever listen to podcasts?...

December 25, 2015

The First Bath

Shepherds, magi, the ox and the ass… how can you say anything new about the...

December 24, 2015

Joseph Smith’s Last Christmas

2 o[clo]ck about 50 couple sat down at my table to dine. while I was...

December 23, 2015

Christmas, Augustine, and the Fornication of Demons

Nothing conjures up good Christmas cheer like St. Augustine. Consider this line from his Sermon...

December 22, 2015

Christmas in 1776

From the Patheos archive: ‘Tis the season to argue about religion. Or more specifically, to...

December 21, 2015

Museum Catechesis

The tourist arrives in a city like Florence, Italy, ready to gape at the Renaissance....

December 20, 2015

Patriotism is on Behalf Of, Not Against, All Nations

Today's guest post is from John D. Wilsey, Assistant Professor of History and Christian Apologetics, and...

December 19, 2015

Congratulations to Our Own!

If you are still agonizing over how to select that life-changing-yet-affordable Christmas gift, we at...

December 18, 2015

Weeping for God

I just read a review of a book that looks intriguing for religious history, namely...

December 17, 2015

The King of Beaver Island

Most people with only a passing acquaintance with the history of Mormonism presume that there...

December 16, 2015

1647: The Year Christians Cancelled Christmas

Well, I am overstating a bit. No one can really cancel Christmas, as the Grinch...

December 15, 2015

Top Five Books on Benjamin Franklin

What are the best books on the ever-fascinating founder Benjamin Franklin? As I have been...

December 14, 2015

After the Crisis

I have sketched the political and social meltdown that Palestine suffered in the terrible year...

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