The Apocalyptic Billy Graham
Franklin Graham, Eric Metaxas, and other court evangelicals remind us of the apocalyptic side of Billy Graham.
View ArticleAgatha Christie, Christian Dior, and How I Learned to Love the Bomb
I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but shortly after I began teaching American history, I learned to love the bomb. More accurately, I learned to love teaching about the nuclear bomb. Maybe it was...
View ArticleThe (Lapsed) Presbyterian Piety of Anne Morrow Lindbergh
While she drew on many other religious, philosophical, and literary sources for her post-Christian spirituality, Anne Morrow Lindbergh never entirely discarded her upbringing in the Protestant...
View ArticleWonder Woman 1984 in 2020: Fear Amid Prosperity, Then and Now
I belong to an all-female super-hero-movie-viewing group. Imagine my delight, then, when the trailer for Wonder Woman 1984 dropped this weekend. I was also thrilled for a second reason: I make a big...
View ArticleGood News to All Nations: An Interview with Lauren Turek
David interviews Lauren Turek on her new book about evangelicals and human rights
View ArticleThe Hundred Million: Some History of “Religious Nones”
To my non-expert ears, one of the most persistent themes sounding in American religious history is that of Americans wishing their country were more religious. Nowadays, that concern usually attaches...
View ArticleThe Growing Crisis of Anomie in the United States: Learning from Hungary’s...
Today we welcome a guest contribution from Patrick Leech to the Anxious Bench. Patrick Leech (@PatrickCLeech) is a historian of the global Cold War, with an emphasis on Hungary and Eastern Europe. He...
View ArticleInquisitions, Witch Hunts, and Conspiracy Theories
Recently the Conference on Faith and History hosted a panel on witch hunts, both in history and in the contemporary world. We found ourselves asking the question—why is there a perennial interest in...
View ArticleBerlin and Baylor: Models for Memorializing a Difficult Past
You would not think that the land of beer and sausages would help me with my summer health goals. But Germany is also the land of public transportation. Suffice it to say, I walked a lot of Berlin over...
View ArticleA Labor Day conversation with Dr. Heath Carter
This Labor Day, I had the joy of talking with Dr. Heath Carter, Associate Professor of American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary, about evangelicalism’s historical relationship to the...
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