The Historical Division at Duke Divinity School is made up of faculty, students, courses, and events oriented around the history of Christianity. We foster rigorous, interdisciplinary historical scholarship in service of the mission of the Divinity School and the broader mission of Duke University.
Associate Professor of American Religious History
Anne Firor Scott Distinguished Professor of Sociology
Associate Research Professor of the History of Christianity in the United States and Black Church Studies
Assistant Professor of American Church History
Associate Professor of the History of Christianity; Director of the Transformative Ideas Program
David C. Steinmetz Distinguished Professor of World Christianity
Professor of the History of Christianity
Professor of Historical Theology, Director of the Th.D. Program
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