Author: David R. Bains
Historian of religion and architecture in the United States, writing about the representation of religion in Washington, D.C. and Birmingham, Alabama, teaching at Samford University. All posts reflect only my views, not those of Samford University or others.
A Bidding Prayer for Epiphany
The Christmas Addresses by Trump, Biden, the Queen
Bidding Prayer for 2020 Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols Reflects Pandemic
Five Churches and Two Cemeteries in Wythe: The Making of A Church Historian (Hampton, Virginia)
From Pilgrim Holiness to Jiu-Jitsu
Cornerstones Remain: Scott Chapel and Douglasville Methodist (Birmingham, Alabama)
“Earth and All Stars” – A Suggestion for Revising the Hymn
All Saints’ Day
Chasing Churches 