Babylon’s Imperial Allure – By Phillip M. Sherman
Phillip M. Sherman on Erin Runions’s The Babylon Complex Mythology matters. The stories we tell ourselves, individually and collectively, shape our experience of
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Christian History
When Christians Became Iranian – By Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith on Richard Payne’s A State of Mixture The story typically told about the Christians of the Sasanian Persian Empire is not
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Holy Ghosts – By Christopher Mayo
Christopher Mayo on Rebecca Suter’s Holy Ghosts Francis Xavier kicked off a “Christian century” when he arrived in Japan in 1549. Over the
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Charisma and the Place of the Prophet in Our Times – By Girish Daswani
Girish Daswani on Ruy Llera Blanes’ A Prophetic Trajectory In 2013, T.B. Joshua, the controversial Nigerian prophet and founder of the Synagogue Church
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Why Place Matters – By James Bielo
James Bielo on Mark Mulder’s Shades of White Flight Racial inequality plagues America. This fact is central to our national story and continues
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Pressing On: Pentecostalism and Perseverance – By Anna Strhan
Anna Strhan on Girish Daswani’s Looking Back, Moving Forward What does it mean to keep going? And what new avenues might be opened
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Tracing out the Limits of Pentecostalism in Africa – By Konstanze N’Guessan
Konstanze N’Guessan on Martin Lindhardt’s edited volume, Pentecostalism in Africa On 18 September 2010, I witnessed about 500 women following the call of
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Redeeming Jimmy Carter – By Andrew R. Murphy
Andrew R. Murphy on Randall Balmer’s Redeemer Just in case readers might miss the significance of the title emblazoned across the book’s front
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New Light from an Old Source: Cyril and Scripture – By Michael Cameron
Michael Cameron on Matthew Crawford’s Cyril of Alexandria’s Trinitarian Theology of Scripture It might be hard for outside observers to tell, but for
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Marriage, Metaphors, and Melodramas – By Darryl W. Stephens
Darryl W. Stephens on Leslie Harris’s State of the Marital Union It is easy to get tripped up by the tropes of our
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