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Christian Studies
Interviews with scholars of Christianity about their new books.
April 6, 2026
The People's Patriarch
On October 28, 1917, just days after the Bolsheviks seized power, the great Council of the Russian Orthodox Church voted to restore the patriarchate, …
April 5, 2026
The First Pastors
Most accounts of Christian leadership in the first two centuries focus on the diversity of leadership structures and the various cultural influences t…
April 1, 2026
John Wesley and the Origins of Methodist Missions
It is broadly understood that John Wesley was the founder of the Methodist movement that spread around the world in the eighteenth century. He is know…
April 1, 2026
The Gospel According to Josephus, Part 1
In this fourth episode of Season 5, I interview Professor Thomas C. Schmidt, a historian who focuses on the New Testament, Patristics, and Eastern Chr…
March 31, 2026
Christian-Muslim Relations in Post-Reformation Indonesia
The post-Reformation era has witnessed a vastly changing landscape in Indonesian Islam, particularly with the emergence of conservative Muslim voices.…
March 25, 2026
Hope for a New David in the Psalter's Narrative Impulse
Does the Psalter have a unified theme or message? Davy Ellison says, “Yes!” In his new book Hope for a New David in the Psalter's Narrative Impulse: R…
March 25, 2026
Justifying Transgression
How do people justify what others see as transgression? Taking that question to the Persian-Muslim and Latin-Christian worlds over the period 1200 to …
March 21, 2026
Noah and the Flood in Western Thought
In a world beset by climatic emergencies, the continuing resonance of the flood story is perhaps easy to understand. Whether in the tortured alpha mal…
March 18, 2026
The Bible Says So
The Bible is arguably the world’s most influential book, but do we really know what it says? Every day across social media and in homes, businesses, a…
March 13, 2026
Between Dung and Blood
Manuela Ceballos’ new book Between Dung and Blood: Purity, Sainthood, and Power in the Early Modern Western Mediterranean (University of California Pr…
March 11, 2026
Life in the Georgian Parsonage
An innovative approach in the field of material culture and consumption studies, Life in the Georgian Parsonage: Morals, Material Goods and the Englis…
March 2, 2026
Radegund
A princess born to the Thuringian royal house. A captive in war, forced to marry the Frankish king who killed her family. A queen, who renounced her p…
February 25, 2026
Found in Translation
In this episode of Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah talks to Dr. Laura Rademaker (Australian National University), the author of Found in …
February 23, 2026
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Heritage in Contemporary Europe
The open access Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Heritage in Contemporary Europe (Bloomsbury, 2025) offers readers a state-of-the-art guide to the …
February 19, 2026
Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic
In the midst of academic debates about the utility of the term “magic” and the cultural meaning of ancient words like mageia or khesheph, this Guide t…
February 16, 2026
What Animals Teach Us about Families
Reading the Bible and rabbinic literature to reimagine the bonds between animals. Moving beyond debates about the ethics of animal consumption to focu…
February 14, 2026
Women, Dance and Parish Religion in England, 1300-1640
In Women, Dance and Parish Religion in England, 1300-1640: Negotiating the Steps of Faith (Boydell & Brewer, 2022) Dr. Lynneth Miller Renberg presents…
February 9, 2026
Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages
Dr. Lucy Donkin’s Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages (Cornell University Press, 2022) illuminates how the floor surface shaped the ways in whi…
February 7, 2026
A People's Church
A People's Church brings together a distinguished international group of historians to provide a sweeping introduction to Christian religious life and…
February 5, 2026
Lands of Likeness
In Lands of Likeness: For a Poetics of Contemplation (U Chicago Press, 2023), Kevin Hart develops a new hermeneutics of contemplation through a medita…