The Crime is the Fruit of the Theology: Christian Responses to “50 Shades of Grey” image of 50 shades of grey film logoArticles & EssaysChristian ThoughtSexual Abuse & #MeToo

The Crime is the Fruit of the Theology: Christian Responses to “50 Shades of Grey”

The much anticipated Valentine’s Day release 50 Shades of Grey set off a flurry of activity on social media sites, with bloggers lining up to cajole, shame, reason, or plead with women to resist temptation and abstain from viewing the film. In…
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
March 15, 2015
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…