Scholars have long recognized that Jonathan Edwards loved the Bible, but preoccupation with his roles in Western “public” life and letters has eclipsed the significance of his biblical exegesis. In Edwards the Exegete, Douglas A. Sweeney fills this lacuna, exploring…
The conference will take place from October 20-22, 2016, at Regent University in picturesque Virginia Beach, Virginia. The theme is “Christian Historians and the Challenges of Race, Gender, and Identity.” For more details, check out the Call for Papers. Plenary speakers…
Dating all the way back to George Washington, faith has played a very important and often controversial role in the lives of American presidents. Nevertheless, few scholars have carefully analyzed how chief executives’ religious convictions affected their lives, policies, or…
On September 5, 1651, a criminal named Obadiah Holmes was taken from his cell in Boston’s prison to receive his punishment: thirty lashes with a three-corded whip. Holmes had been alone in prison for weeks, struggling to come to terms…
In a crowded commercial neighborhood of the south Indian city of Bellary, there once stood a distillery owned and operated by a Tamil-speaking Protestant named Matthew Abraham. Matthew came from the low-ranking paraiyar community (one among so-called untouchable groups). In…
