Daniel Hummel
LUMEN DIRECTOR and FELLOW, History
Areas of Expertise
Religious History, Religion and Politics, Evangelicalism
Bio
Dr. Daniel G. Hummel is the director of The Lumen Center and a Foundation Fellow. Dr. Hummel is the author of two books on U.S. religion, culture, and politics: The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Evangelical Battle Over the End Times Shaped a Nation and Covenant Brothers: Evangelicals, Jews, and U.S.-Israeli Relations. His scholarly articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Church History and Religion & American Culture. He is currently working on a book for Eerdmans exploring the role of spiritual practices and disciplines in the history of modern American evangelicalism.
Dr. Hummel writes on historical and newsworthy topics related to U.S. religion, politics, and foreign relations. His work has been published by Christianity Today, Washington Post, Aeon, First Things, New Lines Magazine, Current, and more. He has been interviewed or quoted at NPR, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and elsewhere.
External Appointments
Experience
Selected Writing and Public Engagement
Education
Link to CV
Religious History, Religion and Politics, Evangelicalism
Bio
Dr. Daniel G. Hummel is the director of The Lumen Center and a Foundation Fellow. Dr. Hummel is the author of two books on U.S. religion, culture, and politics: The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Evangelical Battle Over the End Times Shaped a Nation and Covenant Brothers: Evangelicals, Jews, and U.S.-Israeli Relations. His scholarly articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Church History and Religion & American Culture. He is currently working on a book for Eerdmans exploring the role of spiritual practices and disciplines in the history of modern American evangelicalism.
Dr. Hummel writes on historical and newsworthy topics related to U.S. religion, politics, and foreign relations. His work has been published by Christianity Today, Washington Post, Aeon, First Things, New Lines Magazine, Current, and more. He has been interviewed or quoted at NPR, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and elsewhere.
External Appointments
- Honorary Research Fellow, History Department, UW-Madison
- Editor, The Raised Hand
- Co-creator and editor, Voices & Visions
Experience
- Honorary Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019-present
- Lecturer, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016, 2022
- Robert M. Kingdon Fellow, Institute for Research in the Humanities, 2017-18
- History and Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2016-17
Selected Writing and Public Engagement
- The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Evangelical Battle Over the End Times Shaped a Nation (Eerdmans, 2023).
- Israel’s Current Crisis Exposes Christian Zionism’s Contradictory Ideals, New Lines Magazine, July 2023.
- When the Best Bible-Reading Tool Made Bible-Reading Worse, Christianity Today, Dec 2022.
Education
- Ph.D., U.S. History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- M.A. and B.A, Colorado State University
Link to CV