Bruce David Forbes

Bruce David Forbes is a professor of Religious Studies at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. He is the author of America’s Favorite Holidays: Candid Histories (University of California Press, 2015).

(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, Remapping American ChristianitiesDecember 21, 2015

What Did the Puritans Have Against Christmas?

By Bruce David Forbes

Another Christmas, another string of outrages about the supposed “War on Christmas.” In November there…

CultureNovember 25, 2015

How Thanksgiving Became All Dinner, No Worship

By Bruce David Forbes

Or, why we’re glad American culture settled on “Thanksgiving” over “Fasting and Humiliation.”