Evans, Christopher H. 1959-

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EVANS, Christopher H. 1959-


PERSONAL: Born July 8, 1959, in Syracuse, NY; son of Arthur and Anne Evans; married Robin J. Olson, January 5, 1985; children: Peter, Andrew. Education: Attended Ohio Wesleyan University, 1978-80; Syracuse University, A.B., 1982; Boston University, M.Div., 1986; Northwestern University, Ph.D., 1993.


ADDRESSES: Home—24 Coachman Dr., Penfield, NY 14526. Offıce—Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, 1100 South Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14620. E-mail—[email protected].


CAREER: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rochester, NY, associate professor of church history, 1997—.


MEMBER: American Academy of Religion, American Society of Church History.

AWARDS, HONORS: Jesse Lee Prize for Social Gospel Liberalism and the Ministry of E. F. Tittle.


WRITINGS:


Social Gospel Liberalism and the Ministry of E. F. Tittle, Edwin Mellen Press (Lewiston, NY), 1996.

(Editor and contributor) The Social Gospel Today, Westminster John Knox Press (Louisville, KY), 2001.

(Editor, with William R. Herzog II, and contributor) The Faith of Fifty Million: Baseball, Religion, and American Culture, Westminster John Knox Press (Louisville, KY), 2002.

Contributor to periodicals.


WORK IN PROGRESS: A biography of Walter Rauschenbusch, for Eerdmans Publishing (Grand Rapids, MI); research on American religious history and on religion and popular culture.


BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:


periodicals


Christian Century, June 5, 2002, review of The Faith of Fifty Million: Baseball, Religion, and American Culture, p. 36.

Journal of Church and State, winter, 2002, Wendy Dackson, review of The Social Gospel Today, p. 164.

Library Journal, April 15, 2002, Paul Kaplan, review of The Faith of Fifty Million, p. 92.