Could a bitter debate among religious broadcasters really cause a full-scale split in evangelicalism?

In the field of Irish history, every turn of phrase hints at the author's spin

In the rush toward Good Friday and Easter, don't forget Maundy Thursday

The holiday has inspired great words from some of history's greatest preachers

Many non- and semi-Christian groups laid claim to the West, but none more successfully than the Mormons.

The modern Olympics, though hardly Christian, hail from an era when athleticism was next to godliness.

Firm belief in resurrection hasn’t kept Christians from caring—and arguing—about what happens to the bodies of the dead.

Sharp as debate over the TNIV may be, the version's translators are getting off easy compared to John Wycliffe and William Tyndale.

The Nazis planned to obliterate Christianity, too, according to newly published Nuremberg documents.

Does the passion of a few nineteenth-century Chicagoans still influence American policy in the Middle East?

If society denotes a group with mutual interests and common culture, the American Society of Church History almost doesn't qualify

The most helpful church history scholarship is both broad and narrative

When does the holiday season really start?

A truly traditional tree would be unrecognizable—and flammable.

The history behind a Yuletide institution

The event he recounted more than 280 times in his sermons first occurred on January 6, 1850.

The Christian tradition includes few female history-writers but plenty of female history-makers.

Think the Pilgrims would frown on today's football-tossing, turkey-gobbling Thanksgiving festivities? Maybe not.

John Wesley's wisdom for hard economic times: earn all you can, save all you can, and give all you can.