Christian History Corner

"Thanks, Da Vinci Code"
Tbe book sends us back to Christianity's founding fathers—and the Bible we share with them
Good News to the Jew First
Critics of The Passion of the Christ assume the story embodies an anti-Semitic message. But does it?
Thanksgiving in the Midst of Fear
"Seriously ill in the days of the Black Plague, poet John Donne still celebrated God's goodness"
When Denominations Divide
The two-century-old Unitarian controversy suggests a grim prognosis for the current crisis in the Episcopal Church
Will the Next Pope Be an African?
"Sixty-four years ago, the Roman Catholic Church consecrated its first black African bishop. Is it time now for the next step?"
John Paul II's Canonization Cannon
Why and how this pope has made over 470 saints
Not a Mercy but a Sin
The modern push for euthanasia is a push against a two-millenniums-old Christian tradition
The Lord of the Rings: What Harvest?
A reader's guide to the best of epic fantasy
Learning From the Other 9/11
"Words kill. So teachers, watch what you say"
Breaking Down the Faith/Learning Wall
How the history of Christians in higher education has stacked the deck against Robert Sloan's new Baylor.
Six 'Faith-based' Stories and a Moral
Are Christian social ministries worth fighting for?
"Christian History Corner: Our Brothers and Sisters, the Episcopalians"
The Episcopal Church needs our help. Here's why we should give it
"Christian History Corner: Palestinian Christians, Strangers in a Familiar Land"
"They've called the Holy Land home for centuries, but they've never actually governed themselves"
"Christian History Corner: Muscular Christianity's Prodigal Son, College Sports"
"In the wake of a basketball scandal at a prominent Christian university, we take time to remember the Christian roots of college athletics"
The Ten Commandments, How Deep Our Debt
The words of the Decalogue run like a river through not only the church but also English and American history
"Christian History Corner: J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, a Legendary Friendship"
A new book reveals how these two famous friends conspired to bring myth and legend—and Truth—to modern readers
"Space, Time, and the 'New Hobbit'"
C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien discuss science fiction
Where Have All the Classics Gone?
These days it's a triumph when a movie is simply inoffensive. But we can do better than that
European Christianity's 'Failure to Thrive'
"Why Christendom, born with an imperial bang, is now fading away in an irrelevant whimper"
Medical Missions' African Legacy
"For generations, missionary doctors have healed body and soul in Africa."

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