Amanda Porterfield
Robert
A. Spivey Professor of Religion
Director of Graduate Studies
M05
Dodd Hall
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306
Office: 208 Dodd Hall
Phone: (850) 644-5433
Fax: (850) 644-7225
Email: aporterf@mailer.fsu.edu
Office Hours: TBA
Curriculum
Vitae
Background
Amanda
Porterfield is a historian of American religion interested
in the interplay between religion and culture. She has written
books on the New England Puritans, Protestant women missionaries
in the 19th century, and the transformation of American religion
after 1960. She also has wider interests in the history of Christianity
and in the comparative study of world religions. She served as
President of the American Society of Church History in 2001. She
is co-editor, with John Corrigan, of Church History: Studies
in Christianity and Culture, the quarterly journal of the
American Society of Church History.
Research
Interests
- American
Protestant Thought
- History
of Christianity
- Native
American Religions
Selected
Publications
Books
- Healing
in the History of Christianity (Oxford 2005)
- The
Transformation of American Religion (Oxford 2001)
- Mary
Lyon and the Mount Holyoke Missionaries (Oxford 1997)
- Female
Piety in Puritan New England (Oxford 1992)
Current
Research Projects
Books
Teaching
Specializations
- American
Religious History
- History
of Christianity
- World
Religions
Recent
Courses
Fall
2005
- REL5937
Seminar: New England Puritanism
- REL6498
Seminar: 20th Century American Religious Thought
Spring
2006
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