Young Scholars in American Religion
2004-2005

Dr. Catherine Brekus of the University of Chicago and Dr. Peter W. Williams of Miami University led the seminars on teaching and research for the 2004-05 "class," which included the following scholars:

Jonathan Baer, Wabash College
Department of Religion
Ph.D., Yale University, Religious Studies, 2002
Syllabus (PDF format)

James B. Bennett, Santa Clara University
Department of Religious Studies
Ph.D., Yale University, American Religious History, 1999
Syllabus (PDF format)

Wendy Cadge, Bowdoin College
Department of Sociology
Ph.D., Princeton University, Sociology, 2002
Syllabus (PDF format)

Richard J. Callahan, Jr., University of Missouri-Columbia
Department of Religious Studies
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Religious Studies, 2002
Syllabus (PDF format)

John Giggie, University of Texas at San Antonio
Department of History
Ph.D., Princeton University, History, 1998
Syllabus (PDF format)

Rebecca Kneale Gould, Middlebury College
Department of Religion
Ph.D., Harvard University, Religious Studies, 1997
Syllabus (PDF format)

Thomas S. Kidd, Baylor University
Department of History
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, History, 2001
Syllabus (PDF format)

Amy Koehlinger, Florida State University
Department of Religion
Ph.D., Yale University, Religious Studies, 2002
Syllabus (PDF format)

Luis E. Murillo, Trinity University
Religion Department
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Latin American History, 2002
Syllabus (PDF format)

John Schmalzbauer, Southwest Missouri State University
Department of Religious Studies
Ph.D., Princeton University, Sociology, 1997
Syllabus (PDF format)

Sarah McFarland Taylor, Northwestern University
Department of Religion
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Religion and American Culture, 1999
Syllabus (PDF format)

Anne Blue Wills, Davidson College
Department of Religion
Ph.D., Duke University, American Church History, 2001
Syllabus (PDF format)