Gordon Wood on Bernard Bailyn: American Religious History and “An Honest Picture of the Past” Dexter Baptist Ave Church, Montgomery, Alabama.American EvangelicalismArticles & EssaysChurch History

Gordon Wood on Bernard Bailyn: American Religious History and “An Honest Picture of the Past”

First published in Religion in American History. March 6, 2015.  I wasn’t going to write on Gordon Wood and Bernard Bailyn. I’m not a colonialist. It’s been years since I’ve read their work, which in my recollection is far and away more brilliant than anything I’ve aspired…
“Strong in Body, Mind, and Spirit”: Purity Movements and Sexual Aggression image of a ring on a tableArticles & EssaysChristian WomenPurity Culture

“Strong in Body, Mind, and Spirit”: Purity Movements and Sexual Aggression

A disturbing new study by Marquette University sociologist Heather R. Hlavka reports how young women today have “normalized” sexual assault to the point that they are often unable to identify harassment and rape for what they are—criminal acts. Based on an examination…
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
April 25, 2014