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Christian Studies
Interviews with scholars of Christianity about their new books.
August 30, 2026
Bloodshed and Blessing
Something deep within you recognizes it–the instinct that sacrifice matters, that something must be offered, that violence and beauty are woven togeth…
August 28, 2026
The Drama of Serial Conversion in Early Modern England
After mounting London’s outdoor pulpit known as St. Paul’s Cross on 8th December, 1588, Anthony Tyrrell found himself perched before a skeptical audie…
August 27, 2026
Protestant Relics in Early America
Edward Blum interviews Dr. Jamie L. Brummitt on how new book Protestant Relics in Early America. In Protestant Relics in Early America (Oxford UP, 20…
August 24, 2026
Ancient Apologetics and the Bibliographic Imagination
Ancient apologetics is usually treated as a literary genre or a branch of early theology. This Element offers a different account. It argues that many…
August 24, 2026
Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity
How did the state become Christian in late antiquity? Many scholars have traced the Christianization of the Roman world in the centuries following the…
August 15, 2026
God and Knowledge
N. Gray Sutanto offers a fresh reading of Herman Bavinck's theological epistemology and argues that his Trinitarian and organic worldview utilizes an …
August 14, 2026
Who is a True Christian?
Who Is a True Christian?: Contesting Religious Identity in American Culture (Cambridge UP, 2024) examines how American Christians have tried to determ…
August 12, 2026
The Islamic Mary
Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been historically revered throughout the Islamic tradition. This began already in the Qur'an, where she is called by th…
August 5, 2026
All the Lives You Can Change
All the Lives You Can Change: Effective Altruism for ChristiansBy Dominic Roser, David Zhang and J. D. Bauman All the Lives You Can Change: Effecti…
August 4, 2026
Korean Messiah
Of the two Koreas, it is the South which appears much the more Christian today, with all major cities dotted with church spires and illuminated crosse…
August 2, 2026
The Woman Caught in Adultery and the Gospel of John
The story of the woman caught in adultery in John’s Gospel has long stirred controversy. Given its checkered manuscript witness, many scholars don’t b…
August 1, 2026
The Kiss
The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power (Reaktion, 2026) by Professor Katie Barclay tells the surprising history of our most intimate gesture: th…
July 30, 2026
Restoring the Ancient Religion
Restoring the Ancient Religion: The Theurgic Orthopraxy of Iamblichus (Palgrave MacMillan, 2026) reconsiders Iamblichus’ Response to Porphyry, Late An…
July 29, 2026
Jacob
In Jacob: Conflicted Twin, Aggrieved Patriarch (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2025), George Savran brings his narrative interpretive approach to look close…
July 28, 2026
Beyond Hope
In Beyond Hope: Rabbinic Eschatology of Late Antiquity in Comparative Perspective (Oxford UP, 2026) Jenny Labendz addresses distinct patterns within …
July 20, 2026
Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts Found in the Judean Desert, Revised Second Edition
Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts Found in the Judean Desert, Revised Second Edition (Brill, 2025) revises the first edition of …
July 15, 2026
Fan Fiction on the Book of Genesis
Can creative writing become a form of biblical interpretation? That is the provocative question at the heart of my conversation with Sarah Rosenson a…
June 26, 2026
Christian Environmentalism in a Hindu Majoritarian Context
Why has the Catholic Church in India become so engaged in environmental initiatives? And what does the wider Indian political context defined by an as…
June 22, 2026
Fearfully and Wonderfully Broken (Sydney Anne Bennett)
At age 22, Sydney’s Bennett’s brain stopped communicating with her body correctly; she was suffering from Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), a co…
June 19, 2026
Sanctified by the Spirit
In Sanctified by the Spirit: John Owen, Habits of Grace, and Biblical Counseling (Reformation Heritage Books, 2024) Dr. Colin McCulloch examines how a…