How Not to Read Dante The Divine Comedy is so much more than the sum of its puzzling images and pesky footnotes.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
If My People Will Pray Patriotic prayer has a long history in this country, but not quite the type of history the National Day of Prayer Task Force tends to promote
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
Christian Education for All Before Sunday school became the instructional hour for believers' children, it was an edgy, faith-based social-service movement in the slums of eighteenth-century England. And the public loved it.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
Endangered History The National Trust's list of imperiled places gives unnoticed gems a chance to shine.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
The Communion Test How a "Humble Inquiry" into the nature of the church cost Jonathan Edwards his job.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
Mega-ministers If they figured out a way to meet, Bill Hybels and fourth-century preaching star John Chrysostom would have a lot to talk about.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
Visiting the Other Side The Israelites spent time on both sides of the Jordan. Now tourists can, too.
Marshall Shelley | August 8, 2008
Beyond Pearl Harbor How God caught up with the man who led Japan's surprise attack.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
Deep and Wide A dive into Reformation imagery yields striking new insights, while a drive-by church history overview largely disappoints.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
Shelling the Salvation Army If William Booth's church could handle sticks and stones in the 1880s, it should withstand the recent barrage of hateful words.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
Historical Hogwash Two books—one new, one newly reissued—debunk false claims about the "real" Jesus.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
Ghosts of the Temple Soon after Jerusalem fell, the Roman Colosseum went up. Coincidence?
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
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.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
Singing the Old, Old Story Today's churches have a wealth of tradition in their hymnals—if only they'd open them.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
The Radical Kirk The Church of Scotland may be in for some major changes soon—but major change is nothing new for this 450-year-old institution.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
Innovating with the Flow By combining some of the best religious ideas of their day into a cohesive movement, John and Charles Wesley became just the pioneers England was looking for.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
Dangerous Myth-conceptions These six claims that undermine the church are so common they seem convincing—until you look at the facts.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
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.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
Eyewitness to a Massacre The bloodbath that started on August 24, 1572, left thousands of corpses and dozens of disturbing questions.
Elesha Coffman | August 8, 2008
Communion, Continued Much confusion resulted from (and contributed to) last week's quick overview of a variety of Communion practices. Here's more information on Catholic and Orthodox traditions, as well as other reader feedback.
August 8, 2008
