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Christian Studies
December 14, 2017
The Land Shall be Deluged in Blood
A New History of the Nat Turner Revolt
Patrick H. Breen
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Franklin Rausch
How did African-American slaves react to slavery? What factors, particularly religion, might shape those reactions, even making them violent? Patrick Breen, in his carefully researched and cogently written The Land …
Christian Studies
November 17, 2017
Augustine and the Mystery of the Church
James K. Lee
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Franklin Rausch
When teaching the first half of world history, I always do a little section on Augustine. My focus is on how he was an important theologian who shaped Christian understandings …
Christian Studies
October 6, 2017
The Bible Cause
A History of the American Bible Society
John Fea
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Franklin Rausch
I own many Bibles, but curiously, I didn't purchase any of them. They were all given to me, almost all by Protestant Christians. And, considering the history of Protestant Christianity …
Christian Studies
August 26, 2017
Hell and the Mercy of God
Adrian Reimers
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Franklin Rausch
A central theological and philosophical problem facing Christians is the question "How could a merciful God damn people to hell?" It is tempting to solve this issue by developing an …
Christian Studies
May 30, 2017
Thomas Aquinas on War and Peace
Gregory Reichberg
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Franklin Rausch
When is war justified? What makes a just war? These are difficult questions to answer, but particularly so for Christians, followers of Jesus, who suffered violence without responding in kind …
Christian Studies
May 16, 2017
Catholics and Anti-Catholicism in Choson Korea
Don Baker
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Franklin Rausch
Shortly after the introduction of Catholicism into Korea in the late 18th century, Korea's Confucian government began to persecute Catholics. Why would a Confucian government torture and kill the people …
Christian Studies
March 16, 2017
The Valiant Woman
The Virgin Mary in Nineteenth-Century American Culture
Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez
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Franklin Rausch
When people think of the Virgin Mary in terms of American religious history, there is a tendency to focus on opposition. For instance, Catholic devotion to Mary on the one …
Christian Studies
January 5, 2017
Priestly Celibacy
Theological Foundations
Fr. Gary Selin
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Franklin Rausch
One of the particular markers of the Latin rite of the Catholic Church is priestly celibacy. How did this discipline develop there? Why did it develop? What does it mean …
Christian Studies
December 13, 2016
Moral Commerce
Quakers and the Transatlantic Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy
Julie Holcomb
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Franklin Rausch
The question of how we should act when facing something gravely immoral is a difficult one. This is particularly true when that immorality touches upon our everyday life. Such was …
Christian Studies
October 8, 2016
Christian Historiography
Five Rival Versions
Jay Green
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Franklin Rausch
What does it mean to be a Christian historian? Can there be such a thing as Christian history? In his new book, Christian Historiography: Five Rival Versions (Baylor University Press …
Christian Studies
September 11, 2016
The Visitor
Andre Palmeiro and the Jesuits in Asia
Liam Brockey
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Franklin Rausch
The transmission of a religion closely connected to a particular culture into a very different religious and cultural environment is a difficult act of translation in which a balance must …
Christian Studies
June 6, 2016
Catholic Vietnam
A Church from Empire to Nation
Charles Keith
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Franklin Rausch
The relationship between religion, imperialism, and national identity can be quite complex. At the same time, nationalist readings of history, particularly when they are combined with other ideological perspectives, can …
Christian Studies
April 30, 2016
Religious Lessons
Catholic Sisters and the Captured Schools Crisis in New Mexico
Kathleen Holscher
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Franklin Rausch
In New Mexico, before World War Two, Catholic sisters in full habits routinely taught in public schools. In her fascinating new book, Religious Lessons: Catholic Sisters and the Captured Schools …
Christian Studies
March 30, 2016
Madness
American Protestant Responses to Mental Illness
Heather Vacek
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Franklin Rausch
Should the member of a Christian congregation be injured in a car accident, that person will likely be the subject of public prayers and hospitality. But if that same person …
Christian Studies
February 22, 2016
Inventing George Whitefield
Race, Revivalism, and the Making of a Religious Icon
Jessica Parr
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Franklin Rausch
George Whitefield was a complex man driven by a simple idea, the new birth that brought salvation. Because of such passion, Whitefield received both enthusiastic support, preaching to audiences numbering …
Christian Studies
January 22, 2016
Irenaeus, Joseph Smith and God-Making Heresy
Adam J. Powell
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Franklin Rausch
At first glance, second-century bishop Irenaeus of Lyon and Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints don't seem to have much in common …
Christian Studies
December 30, 2015
We Gather Together
The Religious Right and the Problem of Interfaith Politics
Neil J. Young
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Franklin Rausch
In his new book, We Gather Together: The Religious Right and the Problem of Interfaith Politics (Oxford University Press, 2015), Dr. Neil J. Young questions the historical view that post-World …
Christian Studies
December 12, 2015
Identity, Youth, and Gender in the Korean American Church
Christine Hong
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Franklin Rausch
In her new book, Identity, Youth, and Gender in the Korean American Church (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), Dr. Christine Hong explores the lives of female Korean American Mainline Christian adolescents. Hong's …
Christian Studies
November 3, 2015
Pathways in Theodicy
An Introduction to the Problem of Evil
Mark S. M. Scott
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Franklin Rausch
In his new book, Pathways in Theodicy: An Introduction to the Problem of Evil (Fortress Press, 2015), Dr. Mark S. M. Scott explores how people, largely within the Christian tradition …
Christian Studies
October 8, 2015
Playing for God
Evangelical Women and the Unintended Consequences of Sports Ministry
Annie Blazer
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Franklin Rausch
In her new book, Playing for God: Evangelical Women and the Unintended Consequences of Sports Ministry (NYU Press, 2015), Annie Blazer shows through archival research and participant-observation how the paradigm …
Christian Studies
August 10, 2015
The Nativist Movement in America
Religious Conflict in the Nineteenth Century
Katie Oxx
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Franklin Rausch
Narratives of American history are often centered around the idea of oppression and liberation, with groups such as ethnic minorities, women, and workers struggling with, and (at least to some …
Christian Studies
July 26, 2015
A History of Korean Christianity
Sebastian C. H. Kim and Kirsteen Kim
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Franklin Rausch
Korea presents a fascinating chapter in the history of Christianity. For instance, the first continuous Christian community in the peninsula was founded by Koreans themselves without any missionaries coming into …
Christian Studies
June 23, 2015
Weird John Brown
Divine Violence and the Limits of Ethics
Ted A. Smith
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Franklin Rausch
People living in the modern west generally have no problem criticizing religiously-justified violence. It's therefore always interesting when I discuss John Brown, a man who legitimized anti-slavery violence Biblically. My …
Christian Studies
May 22, 2015
An Introduction to Catholic Ethics Since Vatican II
Andrew Kim
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Franklin Rausch
Dealing with moral issues in a fair and balanced way is never easy. This is especially true since many contemporary moral questions are of such a highly personal nature. However …
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