15+ hour, 54+ min ago   (785+ words) We often project later experiences back into history, consciously or unconsciously assuming an inevitability to what finally occurred. However, history is complex and, what now seems inevitable, did not always look that way in the past. The distribution of forms…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (26+ words) The last decade has seen the term Christian Nationalism enter (or re-enter) common parlance. But the connotations surrounding Christian Nationalism have grown increasingly antisemitic and conspiratorial...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (724+ words) In A.D. 700, St. Boniface swung his axe against the pagan Thunder Oak. When the great tree fell, a young fir stood unharmed in its place — the first Christmas tree, a living sign that Christ had conquered the old gods of the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (688+ words) CLEARWATER, Fla. (BP) – Southern Baptist Convention President Willy Rice has announced the formation of a group whose goal is “to help Southern Baptists achieve greater clarity and consensus around historic Baptist convictions, grounded in Scripture, concerning the office of pastor…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (530+ words) Broad national data doesn’t support the idea that women leave religion over opportunities to be ordained....