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Christianity, Free Trade, and Nationalism in 19th Century Political Theology
Mid-19th Century Britain and to a lesser extent the United States of the same era became the arenas of the great debates over the…

Chrysostom, Tolkien, and Humility
Do not expect to be crowned promptly

“Worth a Thousand Dollars”: The (Former) Economics of Fertility
Children used to be seen as an economic asset to their parents.

Ancient Christianity and Book-Banning
How eager were Christians to destroy books they didn't like?

An Evangelical Protestant on America and Russia in the Civil War Era
A year after the defeat of the Confederacy, Evangelical Presbyterian-turned-Congregationalist minister Charles B. Boynton, professor at the Naval Academy, Chaplain to the House of…