Want to learn a lot about theology in American history in the course of twenty pages? Read my opening chapter in Themes in Religion and American Culture, edited by Philip Goff and Paul Harvey. Buy book here

The Amish response to the Nickel Mines school shooting proved that the Amish are truly countercultural. Read my take here

“The Museum of Whose Bible?” Read my review of Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby at The Christian Century.

How can the Amish be so forgiving of outsiders and yet shun their own family members? I answer that question at the History News Network.

An Amish mafia? It sure is fun to imagine, but good luck finding this mafia in real life. See my piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Mennonites have a long history of using martyr stories to generate adolescent commitment. I explore that phenomenon in Conrad Grebel Review.

Need a quick summary of Christianity’s “Anabaptist” tradition, which includes both Amish and Mennonites? My entry at the Patheos Library of World Religions might help.

Is it wise for scholars of Amish life to be producing glossy tourist booklets? Here’s my answer in Conrad Grebel Review.

Here’s an interview I did at Amish America exploring outsiders’ fascination with the Amish.

For other things I’ve written, check out my Curriculum Vitae.