John Fea
LUMEN DISTINGUISHED FELLOW, History
Areas of expertise
Early American history, American religious history, religion and politics, historical thinking, American evangelicalism
Bio
Dr. John Fea is Distinguished Fellow at the Lumen Center. Dr. Fea is the author or editor of six books, including Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?: A Historical Introduction, Why Study History?: Reflecting on the Importance of the Past; and Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump. He is co-editor of Confessing History: Explorations in Christian Faith and the Historian’s Vocation.
Dr. Fea’s work has appeared in Christianity Today, Washington Post, Aeon, The Atlantic, Commonweal, The Journal of American History, Christian Century, Inside Higher Education, USA Today, and The William & Mary Quarterly. He speaks regularly at colleges, churches, school and teacher groups, civic groups, historical societies, and academic conferences and has appeared on NBC News, CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, National Public Radio, and dozens of radio programs across the country. He is a Distinguished Lecturer with the Organization of American Historians.
External Appointments
Experience
Selected Writing and Public Engagement
Education
Link to CV
Early American history, American religious history, religion and politics, historical thinking, American evangelicalism
Bio
Dr. John Fea is Distinguished Fellow at the Lumen Center. Dr. Fea is the author or editor of six books, including Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?: A Historical Introduction, Why Study History?: Reflecting on the Importance of the Past; and Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump. He is co-editor of Confessing History: Explorations in Christian Faith and the Historian’s Vocation.
Dr. Fea’s work has appeared in Christianity Today, Washington Post, Aeon, The Atlantic, Commonweal, The Journal of American History, Christian Century, Inside Higher Education, USA Today, and The William & Mary Quarterly. He speaks regularly at colleges, churches, school and teacher groups, civic groups, historical societies, and academic conferences and has appeared on NBC News, CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, National Public Radio, and dozens of radio programs across the country. He is a Distinguished Lecturer with the Organization of American Historians.
External Appointments
- Executive Editor of Current
- Advisory Board, Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History
- Distinguished Professor of History, Messiah University, 2002-present
Experience
- Assistant Professor to Distinguished Professor of History, Messiah University, 2002-present
- Department Chair, Messiah University Department of History, 2010-2018
- Lilly Fellows in Arts and the Humanities, Valparaiso University, 2000-2002
Selected Writing and Public Engagement
- Religion and Revolution, Commonweal, July 2, 2024
- What I Wish More People Knew About Evangelicalism, The Atlantic, Feb. 7, 2024
- ‘God and Country’ Preaches to the Choir, Christianity Today, Feb. 16, 2024.
- “Christian Activists as Historians,” Fides Et Historia, Winter/Spring 2022)
Education
- Ph.D, U.S. History, State University of New York at Stony Brook
- M.Div, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- M.A. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- B.S. Cairn University
Link to CV