Saint Valentine, Christian Martyr in Ancient RomeSaint Valentine is commemorated in the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Churches on February 14. Introduction Saint...
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Ancient Christian Thinkers and Their Case for Slavery ReparationsThe biblical story of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt is also a historical tale of reparations after...
A History of the Christian Concept of Human Sexuality as SinChristianity followed an old pattern when it developed its own rules of behavior for “the Christian life.”...
The Christian Legal Army behind the Assault on Abortion Rights in MississippiThe Alliance Defending Freedom has been laying the groundwork to end legal abortion for years. But that’s...
Harald Bluetooth and the Christian Conversion of Early Medieval DenmarkThe Chronicle of Widukind, from around 970, relates how Harald ordered the rejection of the old gods....
Women in the Christian New TestamentWomen are presented for the most part using both Jewish and Graeco-Roman concepts of the social construction...
An Historic Examination of the Letters of Paul to the GentilesWe understand these letters to be circumstantial. They were not written as systematic theology or as treatises...
Pliny the Younger: An Outsider’s View of Early Christianity in the Roman EmpirePliny’s letter to Trajan is significant as one of the earliest descriptions of the Christian movement from...
Death Cult Christians: Going Home to the Lord Is Better Than a Mask or VaccineGod has entered the lunatic picture. And lo, the permutations of anti-mask/vax/reason/science crackpottery have been many, from world-wide...
The Four ‘Great Awakenings’ in American Christian HistoryThe ‘Awakenings’ all resulted from powerful preaching that gave listeners a sense of personal guilt, their sin,...
A History of Evangelical Christianity in AmericaAmerican evangelicalism has had several “beginnings”, each contributing to the shape of present-day evangelicalism. By Dr. Charles...
Portland Clashes Confirm Christian Nationalism Is Clear and Present DangerBy Chrissy Stroop On Friday, August 7, the Department of Homeland Security announced to state and local...
Texas and Its ‘1836 Project’ to Promote ‘Patriotic Education’ and ‘Christian Heritage’Teachers are concerned about the impact it will eventually have on curriculum and classroom teaching. In the...
Abortion and Contraception Were Common in Pre-Modern ChristianityThough their reproductive choices were still unacceptably limited, pre-modern Christian women did have some options. Introduction The...
Warrior, Servant, Mother, Unifier: Roles of the Virgin Mary through the CenturiesFor nearly 2,000 years, the mother of Jesus has been viewed as an exemplar by different Christian...
The Shifting Goalposts of Christian ZionismThe political alliance between American evangelicals and Israel’s right wing may have peaked during the Trump administration....
Apokalypsis: A History of the Biblical ApocalypseOriginal writers of biblical texts believed the end times were happening in THEIR time and were preparing...
Why Many Younger Evangelicals Are Completely Leaving the FaithDisaffected young evangelicals and those who left the church describe an out-of-touch institution not in line with their political beliefs. Introduction The...
Gen X and Millennial Evangelicals Are Ditching Conservatives in the Culture WarsGrowing numbers of young evangelicals and ‘Exvangelicals’ are pro-LGBTQ, support #BlackLivesMatter – or are fed up with...
How New ‘In God We Trust’ Legislation Advances a Christian Nationalist Agenda‘In God We Trust’ became the national motto of the US on July 30, 1956. Since then,...
Constantine’s Conversion to ChristianityAlthough Constantine is acclaimed as the first emperor to embrace Christianity, he was not technically the first...
Betrayed with a Kiss: Biblical Stories and Historicity of Judas IscariotWe can find no earlier evidence than Mark of a story of betrayal or this individual. Introduction...
666: Christianity, Revelation, and Gematria in Ancient RomeWhy the biblical reference in Revelation should be considered in its first-century context. By Dr. Eric M....
The Role of Magic in the Development of Early ChristianityAlthough many modern people tend to see ‘magic’ and ‘religion’ as separate, magic was actually integral to...
“Shall the Fundamentalists Win?”: Harry Emerson Fosdick Defending Liberal Protestantism in 1922He saw the history of Christianity as one of development, progress, and gradual change as a modernist...
A History of Liberal Christianity since the 19th Century and Its Impact in the United StatesIn the context of theology, the word liberal does not refer to political liberalism, and it should...
Ancient and Medieval Dance, It’s Death during the Christian Reformation, and It’s RevivalDespite opposition from the early church, dance was an integral part of Christian devotion for many centuries...
The Historicity of Saint PeterIn 90 CE, a bishop of Rome, Clement (d. 99 CE), claimed that Rome was the city...
A History of the Christian GospelsThe gospels were produced from c.70 CE to perhaps 100 CE. Introduction The New Testament contains four...
Christianity as the State Church of the Late Roman EmpireThe legacy of the idea of a universal church carries on, directly or indirectly, in today’s Catholic...