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Dana Robert, Coordinator
745 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
T: 617.353.3054
E: drobdan@bu.edu
Degrees offered: Master
of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy
The History of Christianity concentration focuses on the engagement of Christianity with its multiple contexts—religious, social, cultural, and intellectual. Historians of Christianity at Boston University assume that from its origins in the ancient Hebrew and Greco-Roman worlds, to its twentieth-century expansion in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Christianity has interacted with other religions, intellectual traditions, and multiple ethnic communities. Students in the history of Christianity concentration are prepared to teach at a survey level across the chronological and geographic range of the Christian movement, and to do research in a particular period of specialization.
Faculty advisors in the DRTS History of Christianity specialization can be requested from among different departments at Boston University, though most faculty members are found in the Religion Department, School of Theology, and History Department. Course work is also encouraged in related fields as appropriate, such as the social sciences, art history, and literature.
The following list demonstrates the range of interests among faculty who work in the history of Christianity by department.
Paula Fredriksen:
Ancient Christianity/Judaism, Patristics
Deeana Klepper:
Medieval Christianity/Judaism
Stephen Prothero: North American Religions
Nancy Ammerman:
American Christianity
Christopher Brown:
Reformations, Early Modern Europe
Jennifer Wright Knust:
Christian Origins
Dana Robert: World Christianity, Mission History
Karen Westerfield-Tucker: Liturgical Studies, Methodism
Betty Anderson:
World History, Middle East (modern)
Clifford Backman:
Medieval Europe
Barbara Diefendorf:
Reformations, France
Richard Landes:
Medieval, Millennialism
Eugenio Menegon: World History, China (early modern)
Jon Roberts: American Religious Thought, Religion and Science
Linda Heywood:
Atlantic world, Afro-Caribbean(early modern)
John Thornton: Atlantic world, Central Africa (early modern)
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