Via David A. Graham, who has been critical of the president’s claims for there being a “right side of history,” I found this response from the Methodist writer ...
Although Diana Butler Bass doesn’t refer to Jaroslav Pelikan’s definition of tradition—“the living faith of the dead”—her People’s History is a reflection of that definition. Writing for ...
Nowadays, any serious discussion of the shifting demographics of Christianity inevitably leads to Philip Jenkins, the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of the Humanities in History and Religious Studies at ...
Christian History Magazine Editorial Staff (Author), Galli, Mark (Editor), Olsen, Ted (Editor), Packer, J. I. (Foreword) The first issue of Christian History magazine, launched by Kenneth Curtis in ...
A surprising number of people say they are open to the existence of angels. Their Old Testament identities are very different ...
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the first recorded Christmas celebration, the death of "Amazing Grace" writer John Newton and the ordination of Henry Budd.
The church would have us believe that the Emperor Constantine suddenly "found Jesus" and decided to turn his entire empire ...
"I am the church, you are the church, we are the church together.” Every child who has ever spent a sultry summer morning at vacation Bible school has learned that song. It reflects the wisdom that ...
From David Bebbington to David Barton. There is no such thing as the Christian approach to history—a definitive, universally applicable method for historians to practice their craft "Christianly." And ...
In a study published today in the journal PNAS, researchers investigated over 1,000 human remains from the Nile River Valley, ...
The History of Christianity (HC) area studies past theological reflection on the faith and practice of the Church, especially in early and medieval Christianity. The HC area strives to appreciate ...