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January 2021

January 07, 2021

Jemar Tisby’s How to Fight Racism

Jemar Tisby has a new book out this week, How to Fight Racism. Is it...

August 2020

August 25, 2020

A Christian and a Socialist

He shows up in my spiritual biography of Charles Lindbergh, but I wish I knew...

August 12, 2020

Why the Pro-Life Movement Lost Its Black Supporters

In the mid-1970s, Blacks were more likely than any other group of Americans to oppose...

July 2020

July 15, 2020

The Spiritual Danger of Monuments

Monuments to flawed heroes of the past are spiritually dangerous – but removing them may...

July 07, 2020

The Religious Left: A Reckoning and a Way Forward

Guest blogger Benji Rolsky reviews a new book on the Religious Left.

November 2019

November 20, 2019

World Vision and the Age of Evangelical Humanitarianism

David Swartz reviews David King's book on World Vision

October 2019

October 09, 2019

The Radical Jim Wallis

A radical political style resurfaces on the evangelical left in its challenge of Trump

September 2019

September 18, 2019

Can Suffragists Teach Us About Religion’s Relationship to Politics?

Suffragists fascinate me. I have always been impressed by their steadfast commitment to political equality...

July 2019

July 31, 2019

Filipino Evangelicals and People Power

Another story from Asia in which evangelicals sing Hallelujah in protest of totalitarian regimes

May 2019

May 22, 2019

The Latin American Evangelical Left: An Interview with David Kirkpatrick, Part II

David Swartz interviews David Kirkpatrick about his new book on the Latin American evangelical left.

February 2019

February 27, 2019

“This Was Not Always Our Land”

In the nineteenth century, our white ancestors took Kanza land. What do we do about...

May 2018

May 09, 2018

From Mennonite Pacifist to Marxist Revolutionary

The journey of a Mennonite woman from rural Kansas to international radicalism

April 2018

April 04, 2018

April 4, 50 Years Out

Fifty years. Fifty years since the shot rang out. Since Martin Luther King Jr. was...

March 2018

March 08, 2018

Is It Time to Put Away “the Prophetic”?

A few weeks back, evangelical theologian Richard Mouw explained over at Religion News Service why...

November 2017

November 02, 2017

American Christianity Needs More Sin

Sola gratia. By grace alone. With the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Protestants around the...

September 2017

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...

June 2017

June 29, 2017

The Democrats Have a Religion Problem. But They’re Not the Only Ones.

So, you’ve probably heard by now: The Democrats have a religion problem. Historian Daniel K....

June 21, 2017

This Thai Is Not Like the Others

My research on the antitrafficking movement in Thailand primarily tracked American Christian networks. As I...

June 07, 2017

A Farang Scholar in Thailand

It’s good to be back at the Anxious Bench after a spring semester hiatus. As...

December 2016

December 15, 2016

Dispelling Darkness: A Christian Paradox

Tis the season. Christmas music is everywhere. I’m not a complete Grinch when it comes...

November 2016

November 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s Spiritual Stamina

As the reality of Hillary Clinton’s unexpected defeat sinks in, as pundits jockey to offer...

August 2016

August 25, 2016

History, Empathy, and Race in America

In the white paper “Measuring College Learning in History” (a surprisingly good read as far...

June 2016

June 08, 2016

The Limits of a Narrow Evangelical Advocacy

Today's guest post comes from David Bronkema, Associate Professor of International Development at Eastern University...

January 2016

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...

January 06, 2016

InterVarsity and #BlackLivesMatter in Historical Perspective

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

September 2015

September 09, 2015

The Biblical Case for Organized Labor

Today's guest post is from Heath W. Carter. He is an assistant professor of history...

June 2015

June 10, 2015

The Past and Presence of Progressive Evangelicalism

Brantley Gasaway’s new book on progressive evangelicalism opens with a striking story. In 1985 evangelical...

May 2015

May 13, 2015

Doing Bad to Do Good: Carter’s Race-Baiting Election of 1970

In 1970 Jimmy Carter ran a sordid campaign for governor of Georgia. Courting the support...

April 2015

April 27, 2015

Show a Bishop some Hospitality

On Monday, April 20, Boston’s Archbishop, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, visited Gordon College, where I teach....

April 15, 2015

The United States of Freberg

I cringe a bit when my children break into show tunes while in public. Selections...