I am a Professor of religious studies at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville where I teach and write about religion in American culture, focusing especially on religion and politics and the religious right.

Originally from Maine, I earned a Ph.D. in religious studies from the University of California Santa Barbara, as well as degrees in history from George Washington University and political science from Rutgers College. I started studying religion as an undergraduate because I was interested in politics and they seemed so intertwined. The more I studied the more I came to see that to be true.

You can find my work here and you can find me on twitter.

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You can find a copy of my c.v. here.

You can see my UNF faculty bio here.

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