About Crawford Gribben

Crawford Gribben is a professor of history at Queen’s University Belfast.

NBN Episodes hosted by Crawford:

Jonathon Lookadoo, "The Christology of Ignatius of Antioch" (Cascade Books, 2023)

February 18, 2024

The Christology of Ignatius of Antioch

Jonathon Lookadoo
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The letters of Ignatius of Antioch portray Jesus in terms that are both remarkably exalted and shockingly vulnerable. Jesus is identified as God and i…

Martyn Whittock, "American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed into the Lands and Imaginations of America" (Pegasus Books, 2023)

January 5, 2024

American Vikings

Martyn Whittock
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A vivid and illuminating new history--separate fact from fiction, myth from legend--exploring the early Vikings settlements in North America. Vikings…

Gregg L. Frazer, "God Against the Revolution: The Loyalist Clergy’s Case Against the American Revolution" (UP of Kansas, 2018)

December 31, 2023

God Against the Revolution

Gregg L. Frazer
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Not everyone was convinced by the arguments of patriots during the American revolution. Among those who retained some degree of loyalty to the British…

Milton Gaither, "Homeschool: An American History" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)

December 26, 2023

Homeschool

Milton Gaither
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With around two million children currently enrolled in home schools in the USA, no-one can doubt that the subject of Milton Gaither’s new book is time…

Philip Jenkins, "A Storm of Images: Iconoclasm and Religious Reformation in the Byzantine World" (Baylor UP, 2023)

October 22, 2023

A Storm of Images

Philip Jenkins
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In the eighth century, the Byzantine Empire began a campaign to remove or suppress sacred images that depicted Christ, the Virgin, or other holy figur…

Adrian Chastain Weimer, "A Constitutional Culture: New England and the Struggle Against Arbitrary Rule in the Restoration Empire" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023)

October 3, 2023

A Constitutional Culture

Adrian Chastain Weimer
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In A Constitutional Culture: New England and the Struggle Against Arbitrary Rule in the Restoration Empire (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023), Adrian Chasta…

Oliver Crisp and Daniel J. Hill, eds., "Reason in the Service of Faith: Collected Essays of Paul Helm" (Routledge, 2023)

September 8, 2023

Reason in the Service of Faith

Oliver Crisp and Daniel J. Hill, eds.
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Paul Helm is a distinguished philosopher, with particular interests in the philosophy of religion. His work covers some of the most important aspects …

Conor Lucey, "House and Home in Georgian Ireland: Spaces and Cultures of Domestic Life" (Four Courts Press, 2022)

August 19, 2023

House and Home in Georgian Ireland

Conor Lucey
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Conor Lucey's book House and Home in Georgian Ireland: Spaces and Cultures of Domestic Life (Four Courts Press, 2022) explores the everyday character …

Greg A. Salazar, "Calvinist Conformity in Post-Reformation England: The Theology and Career of Daniel Featley" (Oxford UP, 2022)

July 1, 2023

Calvinist Conformity in Post-Reformation England

Greg A. Salazar
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Calvinist Conformity in Post-Reformation England: The Theology and Career of Daniel Featley (Oxford UP, 2022) is the first modern full-scale examinati…

David Wenham, "Jesus in Context: Making Sense of the Historical Figure" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

June 27, 2023

Jesus in Context

David Wenham
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Jesus changed our world forever. But who was he and what do we know about him? David Wenham's Jesus in Context: Making Sense of the Historical Figure …

Alan Marshall, "Intelligence and Espionage in the English Republic C. 1600-60" (Manchester UP, 2023)

May 24, 2023

Intelligence and Espionage in the English Republic C. 1600-60

Alan Marshall
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Alan Marshall's book Intelligence and Espionage in the English Republic C. 1600-60 (Manchester UP, 2023) is a richly detailed account of the ideas and…

Ferenc Hörcher, "Art and Politics in Roger Scruton's Conservative Philosophy" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)

April 25, 2023

Art and Politics in Roger Scruton's Conservative Philosophy

Ferenc Hörcher
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Ferenc Hörcher's book Art and Politics in Roger Scruton's Conservative Philosophy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) covers the field of and points to the int…

Donald Harman Akenson, "The Americanization of the Apocalypse: Creating America's Own Bible" (Oxford UP. 2023)

April 16, 2023

The Americanization of the Apocalypse

Donald Harman Akenson
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In the early twentieth century, a new, American scripture appeared on the scene. It was the product of a school of theological thinking known as Dispe…

Philip Jenkins, "He Will Save You from the Deadly Pestilence: The Many Lives of Psalm 91" (Oxford UP, 2022)

April 1, 2023

He Will Save You from the Deadly Pestilence

Philip Jenkins
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Jews and Christians alike have made Psalm 91 one of the most commonly used and cited parts of the Bible. For over two thousand years, the psalm has pl…

Joshua D. Schendel, "The Necessity of Christ's Satisfaction: A Study of the Reformed Scholastic Theologians William Twisse (1578-1646) and John Owen (1616-1683)" (Brill, 2022)

March 27, 2023

The Necessity of Christ's Satisfaction

Joshua D. Schendel
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The seventeenth century Reformed Orthodox discussions of the work of Christ and its various doctrinal constitutive elements were rich and multifaceted…

Matthew J. Hart and Daniel J. Hill, "Does God Intend that Sin Occur?" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)

January 5, 2023

Does God Intend that Sin Occur?

Matthew J. Hart and Daniel J. Hill
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Matthew J Hart and Daniel J Hill's book Does God Intend that Sin Occur? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) argues, from a detailed consideration of the Christ…

Stephen Dobranski, "Reading John Milton: How to Persist in Troubled Times" (Stanford UP, 2022)

December 24, 2022

Reading John Milton

Stephen Dobranski
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John Milton is unrivalled--for the music of his verse and the breadth of his learning. In this brisk, topical, and engaging biography, Stephen B. Dobr…

John Behr, "John the Theologian and His Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology" (Oxford UP, 2021)

October 13, 2022

John the Theologian and His Paschal Gospel

John Behr
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John Behr's book John the Theologian and His Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology (Oxford UP, 2021) brings three different kinds of readers of the G…

Jonathon Lookadoo, "The Epistle of Barnabas: A Commentary" (Cascade Books, 2022)

September 26, 2022

The Epistle of Barnabas

Jonathon Lookadoo
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Although the Epistle of Barnabas may be best known for its Two Ways Tradition or its anti-Jewish use of Scripture, its contents reveal much that will …

Robert Edmund Cotter, "John Cennick (1718-1755): Methodism, Moravianism and the Rise of Evangelicalism" (Routledge, 2022)

August 29, 2022

John Cennick (1718-1755)

Robert Edmund Cotter
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Robert Edmund Cotter's book John Cennick (1718-1755): Methodism, Moravianism and the Rise of Evangelicalism (Routledge, 2022) explores the life and sp…

Andrew Roberts, "The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III" (Viking, 2021)

December 1, 2021

The Last King of America

Andrew Roberts
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Following upon the success of his magisterial account of Winston Churchill, Andrew Roberts returns with an outstanding biography of George III: The La…

Jeremy Black, "England in the Age of Dickens, 1812-70" (Amberley, 2022)

November 22, 2021

England in the Age of Dickens, 1812-70

Jeremy Black
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Jeremy Black, who recently retired as professor of history of Exeter University, has just published the two latest installments of his series of works…

James Diggle, "Cambridge Greek Lexicon" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

October 5, 2021

Cambridge Greek Lexicon

James Diggle
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Professor James Diggle, editor in chief of the Cambridge Greek Lexicon (Cambridge UP, 2021), joins us to explain the background to this extraordinary …

Shawn J. Wilhite, "The Didache" (Cascade Books, 2019)

September 21, 2021

The Didache

Shawn J. Wilhite
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Shawn Wilhite is author of this outstanding new commentary on one of the most important early Christian documents. We don't know who wrote the Didache…