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August 2023

August 18, 2023

Nearing the End?

Review of "The Storm before the Storm" by Mike Duncan

February 2022

February 25, 2022

Out of the shadows?

Review of "Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right" by...

February 11, 2022

Populism for me but not for thee

Review of "The People, NO: A Brief History of anti-populism" by Thomas Frank

September 2021

September 24, 2021

Is all history Christian history?

Review of "Christian History in Seven Sentences" by Jennifer Woodruff Tait

October 2020

October 07, 2020

Christian Institutions in the 20th Century

Review of "To Think Christianly: A History of L'Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study...

September 2020

September 11, 2020

What the Civil War was not

Review of "A Legal History of the Civil War: A Nation of Rights" by Laura...

February 2020

February 07, 2020

What you need to know about what the early church had to read

Review of "A History of Early Christian Literature" by Justo Gonzalez

August 2019

August 16, 2019

Doing Theology with Gerald Bray

Review of "Doing Theology with the Reformers"

March 2019

March 12, 2019

What’s Wrong with Schools These Days?

Review of Ted Newell's "Education: A Student's Guide"

November 2018

November 27, 2018

We’re all Enlightened these days

A review of Anthony Kenny's "The Enlightenment: A Very Brief History"

October 2018

October 05, 2018

The Romans may have done a lot for us, but what about the Byzantines?

A review of Averil Cameron's "Byzantine Christianity."

September 2018

September 07, 2018

“In Search of Ancient Roots”, or why Evangelicals don’t have to get high

Just what is so attractive about Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy that a small-but-steady trickle...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

Choosing Donald Trump: An interview with Stephen Mansfield

The 2016 election involved a lot of soul searching on the part of some Evangelicals,...

June 16, 2018

Christian Distinctiveness in the Ancient World

How did Christianity stand out in the ancient world? What made it different from other...

April 2018

April 27, 2018

The Revival We Need (Not the One We Deserve)

Just what is a "revival"? What role can it play in the modern church? To...

December 2017

December 15, 2017

A Short Take on ‘The Long Game’

In defense of an 'establishment' figure.

October 2017

October 31, 2017

D’Aubigne on the Reformation

A 19th Century Historian's Introduction to the Reformation.

September 2017

September 22, 2017

A Man For Other Seasons

Kierkegaard is not the theologian we need right now...

October 2016

October 15, 2016

Does the Reformation still matter today?

A Monk and a Mallet in the Modern World

January 2016

January 12, 2016

Games Without Rules is a Winner

An excellent and readable history of Afghanistan

March 2014

March 12, 2014

Gates Unhinged

Review of Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War by Robert M. Gates According to the...

February 2014

February 05, 2014

The Boys in the Boat

Showing up the Nazis in a rowboat.

September 2013

September 04, 2013

Athanasius Speaks to Us Today

Athanasius's world collides with our own.

August 2013

August 12, 2013

Why I Am Not a Fundamentalist

What makes a Fundamentalist a Fundamentalist, and why they're wrong.

August 07, 2013

The Spirit of Not-So-Early Christian Thought

The Medieval Church and the Early Church are not the same.

July 2013

July 24, 2013

The Gospel through Pagan Eyes

What have the Romans ever done for us?

June 2013

June 17, 2013

Retrieving Nicaea: A Revisionist History of Nicene Theology

Review of Retrieving Nicaea: The Development and Meaning of Trinitarian Doctrine by Khaled Anatolios This...

May 2013

May 13, 2013

Classical Christian Doctrine sets the record straight on patristic theology

Review of Classical Christian Doctrine: Introducing the Essentials of the Ancient Faith by Ronald E....

March 2013

March 12, 2013

Lots of Stupid Christians

Review of The Democratization of American Christianity by Nathan O. Hatch For as long as...

February 2013

February 04, 2013

In Alexander’s Footsteps

Review of Into the Land of Bones: Alexander the Great in Afghanistan by Frank L....