George Marsden | |
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Born |
George M. Marsden February 25, 1939 |
Alma mater |
Yale University Westminster Theological Seminary Haverford College |
Institutions |
University of Notre Dame Duke Divinity School Calvin College |
Main interests
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American Evangelicalism |
George M. Marsden (born February 25, 1939) is an historian who has written extensively on the interaction between Christianity and American culture, particularly on Christianity in American higher education and on American Evangelicalism. He is best known for his award-winning biography of the New England clergyman and theological writer Jonathan Edwards, a prominent theologian of Colonial America.
He attended Haverford College, Westminster Theological Seminary, and Yale University, finishing with a Ph.D. in American history under Professor Sydney Ahlstrom. He taught at Calvin College (1965–1986), Duke Divinity School (1986–1992), and as Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at The University of Notre Dame (1992–2008). In his retirement, he is still an Emeritus Professor of History University of Notre Dame.