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From Stealing Bases to Saving Souls
Two recent books give unconventional glimpses into Chicago ballplayer-turned-evangelist Billy Sunday's unconventional career.
By Sarah Johnson
posted November 3, 2005
Reformation Reoriented
Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom evaluate the Catholic/evangelical detente in Is the Reformation Over?
Reviewed by Collin Hansen
posted September 1, 2005
The Man Behind the Missions
A. T. Pierson who? Dana Robert's biography sheds light on a forgotten ancestor of the modern evangelical missionary movement.
By Sarah Johnson
posted June 10, 2005
Mapping the Christians of the Middle East
If you've been unable to sort out just who the Christians of the Middle East are, this book is for you.
by Steven Gertz
Posted April 29, 2005
The Jewishness of the Nicene Creed
It was the Bible, not Greek philosophy, that shaped the theology of the Nicene bishops.
By David Neff
Posted February 25, 2004
Courting the Catholic Voter
A new book tells the fascinating story of how America's Catholics decided past elections.
By Steven Gertz
Posted October 28, 2004
Recommended Resources
A little help navigating the kaleidoscopic holiness revival.
by Chris Armstrong
Posted July 30, 2004
Christ, Culture, and History
Is the "main character" in the church's story God, transforming faith, or an inspired yet wayward community?
by Elesha Coffman
Posted May 3, 2002
The Politics of Patrick
In the field of Irish history, every turn of phrase hints at the author's spin.
by Elesha Coffman
Posted March 15, 2002
Tell Me a Story
The most helpful church history scholarship is both broad and narrative.
by Elesha Coffman
Posted January 18, 2002
Spurgeon's Epiphany
The event he recounted more than 280 times in his sermons first occurred on January 6, 1850.
by Mary Ann Jeffreys
Posted January 04, 2002
Where Are the Women?
The Christian tradition includes few female history-writers but plenty of female history-makers.
by Elesha Coffman
posted November 21, 2001
Raiders of the Lost R
Documentary on "School" skips religious history, giving a skewed account of American education.
by Elesha Coffman
posted September 7, 2001
Explaining the Ineffable
In Heaven Below, a former Pentecostal argues that his ancestors were neither as outlandish as they seemed nor as otherwordly as they wish to seem.
by Elesha Coffman
posted August 31, 2001
Deep and Wide
A dive into Reformation imagery yields striking new insights, while a drive-by church history overview largely disappoints.
by Elesha Coffman
posted July 27, 2001
Historical Hogwash
Two books—one new, one newly reissued—debunk false claims about the "real" Jesus.
by Elesha Coffman
posted July 13, 2001
How Not to Read Dante
The Divine Comedy is so much more than the sum of its puzzling images and pesky footnotes.
by Elesha Coffman
posted May 11, 2001
Book Notes
A quick look at recent history-themed tomes, travel guides, and a timeline.
by Elesha Coffman
posted April 20, 2001
A Primer on Paul
A new documentary for The History Channel explores the apostle's tumultuous life and fantastic legacy—without skepticism.
by Elesha Coffman
posted April 12, 2001
Dangerous Myth-conceptions
These six claims that undermine the church are so common they seem convincing—until you look at the facts.
by Elesha Coffman
February 2-8, 2001
This Is Your Life
Evangelicals may not remember their fundamentalist heritage, but that doesn't mean it isn't there—or that it isn't valuable.
by Elesha Coffman
January 19-25, 2001
1 Book Everyone Should Buy
131 Christians Everyone Should Know is like a super-concentrated, portable version of Christian History—which isn't surprising, considering that we wrote it.
by Elesha Coffman
December 1-7, 2000
A Book of Books
I enjoyed William and Randy Petersen's 100 Christian Books That Changed the Century, but I would have picked a slightly different list.
by Randy Bishop
CH, November 10, 2000
In Errancy
A historian's look at Byzantine lists reveals the workings of the Eastern mind and a new way to study religion in culture.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, September 15, 2000
"Kill Them All"
The medieval church was deadly serious about heretics like the Cathars. Author Stephen O'Shea, on the other hand, is only too kind.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, September 8, 2000
Colonial Soul
Relations between American Indians and European settlers were often grim, but these Christian historical novels find a few hopeful stories.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, August 4, 2000
How the Other Half Lived
Women in Scripture and Noble Daughters rediscover women of the Bible and the Middle Ages, then partially shroud them in feminist ideology.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, July 21, 2000
History for History-Phobes
For anyone who gets a headache just thinking about the church's past, Christian History Made Easy may be the cure.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, July 14, 2000
Agent of Grace
A new film on the final years and martyrdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer gives a meaningful portrait of the theologian in action.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, June 9, 2000
Revive Us Again
Two very different books, History of the Pentecostal Revival in Chile and The Awakening: One Man's Battle with Darkness, show God's power at work in very different ways.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, June 2, 2000
Asking the Wrong Questions
An exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls sheds some light on the manuscripts and their origins, but too many scholars blur the line between fact and theory.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, May 19, 2000
Glorified Gore
Gladiator sets the tone in Rome pretty accurately but stumbles on lots of historical details.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, May 12, 2000
Coming Soon to a Bookshelf Near You
History volumes made a good showing in the annual Christianity Today book awards.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, April 14, 2000
Donne on Death
A new edition of some of Donne's prose work is a useful companion to a volume of his poetry, while a "mildly modernized" version of his sonnets and sermons sets my teeth on edge.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, March 31, 2000
Christians in the Cause
Stamp of Glory, a novel by Tim Stafford, gives Christian abolitionists their due.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, February 18, 2000
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