Christian Studies

Christian Studies

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Interviews with scholars of Christianity about their new books.

Tyrants and Traders: Tintagel, Arthur and the Lost Kings with Ken Dark (Bloomsbury, 2026)

October 9, 2026

Tyrants and Traders

Ken Dark
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

How Roman Britain ended is one of the most controversial questions in British history. Unique among former Roman citizens in Western Europe, the Brito…

Resurrection on Trial (with Peter D. Martino, esq.): A Law Professor Weighs the Evidence with Peter D. Martino

October 8, 2026

Resurrection on Trial (with Peter D. Martino, esq.)

Peter D. Martino

Peter Dominic Martino is a trial lawyer, law professor, former CEO, and former nuclear submarine officer. He serves as Assistant Professor at St. Thom…

The Supernatural Public Square: On Religious Experience in the Modern Age with Dale C. Allison, Jr.

October 7, 2026

The Supernatural Public Square

Dale C. Allison, Jr.
Hosted by Ryan Shinkel

The old story in the academy was that as science and technology progressed, western society would grow more secular while the supernatural would disap…

The Crusader Storm: A Global History of the Wars for the Middle East with Nicholas Morton (Pegasus, 2026)

October 5, 2026

The Crusader Storm

Nicholas Morton
Hosted by Maggie Freeman

From their foundational era in 1097 to Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem almost a century later, the Crusader States transformed the Middle Eastern worl…

Born Again: Romanticism and Fundamentalism with Jeffrey Champlin (U Toronto Press, 2025)

October 1, 2026

Born Again

Jeffrey Champlin

Born Again: Romanticism and Fundamentalism (U Toronto Press, 2025) examines the deep historical roots of fundamentalism in Protestantism and the imagi…

Matthew Montgomery, "An Intercessor Like Moses: A Key Component of the Psalter's Message" (European Hebrew Journal, 2026)

September 22, 2026

An Intercessor Like Moses

Matthew Montgomery

In this episode of the New Books Network, Željko Stanojević speaks with Matthew Montgomery about his article “An Intercessor Like Moses: A Key Compone…

Avraham Faust and Zev I. Farber, "The Bible’s First Kings: Uncovering the Story of Saul, David, and Solomon" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

September 14, 2026

The Bible's First Kings

Avraham Faust and Zev I. Farber

Saul, David, and Solomon are among the most influential—and most contested—figures in the Hebrew Bible. The biblical narratives portray them as rulers…

Thomas Breimaier, "Tethered to the Cross: The Life and Preaching of Charles H. Spurgeon" (IVP Academic, 2020)

September 9, 2026

Tethered to the Cross

Thomas Breimaier
Hosted by Michael Shaw

"Tethered to the cross" is how the renowned nineteenth-century English Baptist minister Charles H. Spurgeon (1834–1892) described the task of ministry…

Gabrielle Thomas, "The Problem of the Devil in Cappadocian Thought" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

September 7, 2026

The Problem of the Devil in Cappadocian Thought

Gabrielle Thomas
Hosted by Michael Motia

In The Problem of the Devil in Cappadocian Thought (Cambridge UP, 2026), Gabrielle Thomas questions the popular assumption that the devil served as th…

Francesca Sbardella, "Inhabiting Silence: An Anthropologist in the Cloister" (Berghahn Books, 2025)

September 7, 2026

Inhabiting Silence

Francesca Sbardella
Hosted by Armanc Yildiz

Monasteries are typically characterized by physical and symbolic limitations on access as they are usually known through written texts and accounts by…

Fr. Dwight Longenecker, "Bloodshed and Blessing: Stories of Sacrifice from Ancient Altars to the Holy Mass" (Sophia Institute Press, 2026)

August 30, 2026

Bloodshed and Blessing

Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Hosted by Daniel Moran

Something deep within you recognizes it–the instinct that sacrifice matters, that something must be offered, that violence and beauty are woven togeth…

Holly Crawford Pickett, "The Drama of Serial Conversion in Early Modern England" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)

August 28, 2026

The Drama of Serial Conversion in Early Modern England

Holly Crawford Pickett
Hosted by Michael Shaw

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…

Jamie L. Brummitt, "Protestant Relics in Early America" (Oxford UP, 2025)

August 27, 2026

Protestant Relics in Early America

Jamie L. Brummitt
Hosted by Edward Blum

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…

Sabrina Inowlocki, "Ancient Apologetics and the Bibliographic Imagination" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 24, 2026

Ancient Apologetics and the Bibliographic Imagination

Sabrina Inowlocki
Hosted by Michael Motia

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…

Robin Whelan, "Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 24, 2026

Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity

Robin Whelan
Hosted by Michael Motia

How did the state become Christian in late antiquity? Many scholars have traced the Christianization of the Roman world in the centuries following the…

Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, "God and Knowledge: Herman Bavinck's Theological Epistemology" (T&T Clark, 2021)

August 15, 2026

God and Knowledge

Nathaniel Gray Sutanto
Hosted by Justin McGeary

N. Gray Sutanto offers a fresh reading of Herman Bavinck's theological epistemology and argues that his Trinitarian and organic worldview utilizes an …

David W. Congdon, "Who is a True Christian?: Contesting Religious Identity in American Culture" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

August 14, 2026

Who is a True Christian?

David W. Congdon

Who Is a True Christian?: Contesting Religious Identity in American Culture (Cambridge UP, 2024) examines how American Christians have tried to determ…

Younus Y. Mirza, "The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries" (Fortress Press, 2025)

August 12, 2026

The Islamic Mary

Younus Y. Mirza

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…

J. D. Bauman, "All the Lives You Can Change: Effective Altruism for Christians" (Eerdmans, 2026)

August 5, 2026

All the Lives You Can Change

J. D. Bauman

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…

Jonathan Cheng, "Korean Messiah: Kim Il Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea’s Personality Cult" (Knopf, 2026)

August 4, 2026

Korean Messiah

Jonathan Cheng
Hosted by Ed Pulford

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…