Edward J. Blum
Edward J. Blum teaches American history at San Diego State University and is coauthor (with Paul Harvey) of The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America.
Black critiques matter
Criticism of the slave trade from 200 years ago speaks to us today—and not just about race.
by Edward J. Blum
November 16, 2016
Jesus and the Latter-day Saints
According to some Mormon traditions, God and Jesus have made babies—God with the Heavenly Mother, and Jesus with one of his wives.
by Edward J. Blum
July 27, 2016
Full of emptiness
Emptiness can alternatively mean too little or too much. It is sometimes unclear where emptiness is distinct from excess.
by Edward J. Blum
February 23, 2016
Gateway to Freedom, by Eric Foner
Eric Foner resurrects the history of the Underground Railroad, its powerful place in New York City, and how it helped Harriet Beecher Stowe and others bring about the war that ended slavery.
reviewed by Edward J. Blum
April 22, 2015
One hundred and fifty years ago today, Abraham Lincoln died after being shot the night before. That April 15 was the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
April 14, 2015
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