Via David A. Graham, who has been critical of the president’s claims for there being a “right side of history,” I found this response from the Methodist writer ...

The Council of Nicaea, which convened in 325 AD under Emperor Constantine, changed the history of Christianity.

Although Diana Butler Bass doesn’t refer to Jaroslav Pelikan’s definition of tradition—“the living faith of the dead”—her People’s History is a reflection of that definition. Writing for ...

Nowadays, any serious discussion of the shifting demographics of Christianity inevitably leads to Philip Jenkins, the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of the Humanities in History and Religious Studies at ...

"I am the church, you are the church, we are the church together.” Every child who has ever spent a sultry summer morning at vacation Bible school has learned that song. It reflects the wisdom that ...

SAN FRANCISCO — While the past is unchangeable, the perception of the past, based upon correct historical facts, is and should be changed. Historians have seriously mangled the facts when it comes to ...

From David Bebbington to David Barton. There is no such thing as the Christian approach to history—a definitive, universally applicable method for historians to practice their craft "Christianly." And ...

Karen L. King is Professor of New Testament Studies and the History of Ancient Christianity at Harvard University in the Divinity School. She has published widely in the areas of Gnosticism, ancient ...

Get rooted in the Christian past with these riveting reads. Last week, we went way behind the news and gave our top ten reasons why—when today's news seems more pressing than ever—we should read the ...

According to the Pew Research Center, the Christian share of the population has declined in recent years from 78.4 percent to 70.6 percent. At the same time, the number of Americans identifying as ...

The History of Christianity (HC) area studies past theological reflection on the faith and practice of the Church, especially in early and medieval Christianity. The HC area strives to appreciate ...