Matthew S. Hedstrom
I am a cultural historian of the United States, with particular interests in the history and culture of religions, both official and popular, in the 19th and 20th centuries. My main areas of teaching and research are religious liberalism, spirituality, the cultures and politics of pluralism, religion and race, and print culture.
My first book, The Rise of Liberal Religion: Book Culture and American Spirituality in the Twentieth Century, will be published with Oxford University Press in 2012. I have also authored various articles, reviews, and reference works in American studies and American religious history. This first book examines the role of books and book culture in the production and propagation of liberal religious sensibilities and practices in the mid-twentieth century.
I am beginning work on a new book project on race and the search for religious authenticity from the Civil War through the 1960s.
Contact Information
Department of Religious Studies
Gibson Hall
University of Virginia
PO Box 400126
Charlottesville VA 22904-4126
434-924-6314
Office: Gibson Hall S013 | Map | South Lawn |
Location: 1540 Jefferson Park Ave.
Fall 2011 Teaching Schedule
Early American Religion (before 1865)
Mondays, Wednesdays: 2-3:15pm
Theories and Methods of American Studies
Mondays, Wednesdays, 3:30-4:45pm
Office Hours: Tues and Wed, 10-11:30am;
and by appointment
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University
Lilly Fellow and Lecturer in Humanities and American Studies, Valparaiso University
Education
PhD, American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
MA, American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
BA, History, Haverford College
