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Why the Church Needs History, Especially Now: A Historian’s Vision for Equipping the Church

Talk delivered at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Colloquium. Published June 28, 2017. At a time of increasing cultural and political polarization, the North American church faces enormous challenges in embodying the unity of Christ and living out Christ's…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 28, 2017

Book Reviews Christian Thought

Time for Kierkegaard

Summer is here. For academics, that means there just might be time to pick up a random book and read it for pleasure. For those of us in American religious history, Heath Carter has just tweeted a handy list of 150…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 15, 2017

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Articles & Essays Christian Scholarship Culture

Fairness for All: A Call for Culture Peacemakers?

For nearly half a century, American Christians have, to greater and lesser degrees, embraced the role of culture warriors. As evangelicals began to stake a claim on American culture and politics, they invoked the language of rights while lamenting the…

Kristin Kobes Du MezMay 4, 2017

Articles & Essays Christian Thought Christian Women

Is Complementarian Theology Abusive to Women?

As you may have heard, Princeton Seminary decided to award Tim Keller the prestigious Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Witness. But then it revoked that honor after an outcry from faculty, students, and alumni who objected to Keller’s…

Kristin Kobes Du MezApril 6, 2017

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Articles & Essays Christian Scholarship Culture

A Golden Age for Christian Colleges?

Are Christian colleges uniquely positioned to revitalize our nation’s intellectual life and contribute to cultural bridge-building in this era of political and social polarization? If you ask Christian scholars, this would seem to be the case. In Inside Higher Ed, Tal…

Kristin Kobes Du MezMarch 23, 2017

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American Evangelicalism Articles & Essays Christian Scholarship

Still Searching for Christian America

“At times of crisis it is a natural human reaction to turn to the past for support.” These words were written by evangelicals, to evangelicals. In 1983. Wait—1983? But Ronald Reagan was president at the time. What could possibly have…

Kristin Kobes Du MezFebruary 23, 2017

American Evangelicalism Book Reviews Church History

A New Moral Vision

Interview with Andrea Turpin. First published in Anxious Bench: Patheos.com. 12 January 2017. If you clicked on this link because you’re desperately seeking a new moral vision, this might not be exactly what you’re looking for. But perhaps you can…

Kristin Kobes Du MezJanuary 12, 2017

Articles & Essays Church History Spirituality

Fear No Evil: Christian Witness in a Time of Darkness

At a time when some fear the dissolution of democratic institutions and civic norms, and the possible erosion of basic rights and protections, what if Christians across the political spectrum fearlessly commit to doing justice and loving kindness, without regard…

Kristin Kobes Du MezDecember 29, 2016

Church History Spirituality

Dispelling Darkness: A Christian Paradox

Tis the season. Christmas music is everywhere. I’m not a complete Grinch when it comes to Christmas music, but really… “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”? So much wrong with this… I do sing Rudolf and Frosty with my kids, and I…

Kristin Kobes Du MezDecember 15, 2016

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Articles & Essays Christian Feminists Christian Women Church History

An Open Letter to the ESV Translation Committee

I’m not a biblical translator, or even a biblical scholar. I’m a historian. As a historian, I was intrigued when I heard the news that “the Permanent Text of the ESV Bible” had been released. (The English Standard Version, for…

Kristin Kobes Du MezSeptember 22, 2016

Christian Thought & History