The Link: Christian History Today
Combining Christian convictions and scholarly conventions, two historians create very different blends.
editors

Oswald and Aidan
How an English king and a Scottish bishop teamed up to spread the gospel.
Bede

When God Came to England
In Bede's view, the history of the English church—like the history of redemption—begins in Genesis and ends in Revelation.
Frank A. James III

Christian History Corner: When World Leaders Pray, Part II
Tony Blair's spin-doctors worried when he recently outed himself as a Christian. But what impact has Christianity really had on our leaders?
Chris Armstrong

The Christian History Timeline: The Conversion of Scandinavia
A Christian History timeline

Link Interview: Converting By the Sword
Why Christians used it, why it worked, and why it died.
interview with Richard Fletcher

Warrior Spirituality

Puzzling Encounters
Usama ibn Munqidh was emir of Shizar in the twelfth century, when Christians occupied much of the Holy Land. Here are three accounts of his experience with the clash of cultures.

The Unluckiest Church
Archaeologist predicts the future is grim for the ancient church's site
Ted Olsen

Christian History Corner: Big Church Revival
Christian gyms and shopping malls may be new, but full-service megachurches are positively medieval
Elesha Coffman

Christian History Corner: Captive Christians
Views from inside Roman, English, and German prisons give a sense of how kidnapped missionaries might feel.
Elesha Coffman

Christian History Corner: Did Eric Rudolph Act in a Tradition of Christian Terror?
A historian considers the evidence of the Crusades and the Inquisition
Chris Armstrong

Galileo and the Powers Above
The convoluted tale of a faithful Catholic caught in a web of theological inflexibility, papal power, and his on political naivete.
Virginia Stem Owens

Illinois Pastor on Fatal Flight
"Jeffrey Mladenik, 43, was involved in workplace ministry, international adoption."
LaTonya Taylor

The Habits of Highly Effective Bible Readers
What we can learn from the church fathers that will enrich our own Bible study.
A conversation with Christopher A. Hall

Books and Culture's Book of the Week: 'A Golden Age' of Religious Tolerance?
The Ornament of the World analyzes how the intellectual elites of medieval Spain eschewed fundamentalism and showed surprising sensitivity in reconciling competing truths.
Kate Elliot van Liere

The Truth About the Catholic Church and Slavery
The problem wasn't that the leadership was silent. It was that almost nobody listened.
Rodney Stark

Why the Reformers Read the Fathers

Did You Know?
The rapidity of Africa's twentieth-century baptism was stunning. There's no better place to see the future of the global church.

Christian History Corner: History in a Flash
A new CD-ROM offers quick access to the facts of church history, plus interactive quizzes
Elesha Coffman

The Back Page: Drawing the Battle Lines
We need to be informed and discerning about the Islamic worldview
Charles Colson

The Christian History Timeline: The Conversion of Scandinavia
A Christian History timeline

Recommended Resources: Conversion of the Vikings
Conversion of the Vikings