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Philip Jenkins

Philip Jenkins is a distinguished senior fellow at Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion and the author of Laying Down the Sword: Why We Can't Ignore the Bible's Violent Verses.

Articles by Philip Jenkins

Notes from the Global Church

Armenia’s survivors

Jun 06, 2013 by Philip Jenkins

Armenia is a nation of 3.3 million in a territory a fourth the size of Pennsylvania. Its small scale belies a much larger ancient reality.

Notes from the Global Church

Port Talbot Passion

May 08, 2013 by Philip Jenkins

Recently, 20,000 residents of a Welsh industrial town participated in a play—and reaffirmed the residual power of Christian imagery in a secular society.

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Waco in red and blue

20 years after the siege

Apr 30, 2013 by Philip Jenkins

In April 1993, the FBI siege on the Branch Davidian compound ended in disaster. The event still casts a long shadow on our divided nation.

Notes from the Global Church

Church of William Harris

Apr 10, 2013 by Philip Jenkins

A century ago, William Wade Harris began his march across the Ivory Coast. He proclaimed a Christ who was not the property of the master race.

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