Church History / History of Christianity
A starter pack of scholars of the history of Christianity. This is a small list that I'm working to expand. Let me know if you or someone else should be added.
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@paulrfoth.bsky.social
@stefanbauer.bsky.social
Lecturer in Early Modern History at KCL, Research Integrity Facilitator at King's College London. Author 'The Invention of Papal History' (Oxford University Press) http://bit.ly/PapalHistory. Historian interested in fakes and forgeries. Bsky since 23/10/23
@madalinatoca.bsky.social
Late antiquity, epistolography, manuscripts | Humboldt Fellow in Bamberg. Research Associate at the University of Vienna and KU Leuven. Former Royal Society of Edinburgh Saltire Early Career Fellow in Classics at the University of Edinburgh
@vjbarnett.bsky.social
Renegade Bonhoeffer scholar. General editor, Bonhoeffer Works (English). Holocaust scholar, currently writing on interfaith history in the early 20th century. Here to discover new research, interesting books, poetry, music & occasionally the humor.
@rustyhawkins.bsky.social
Historian of Religion and Race in the U.S. Author of THE BIBLE TOLD THEM SO. Dean of John Wesley Honors College, Indiana Wesleyan University.
@drdominee.bsky.social
Reformation historian. Translator of John Calvinβs Institutes of the Christian Religion.
@ynpierce.bsky.social
Professor, Dean, womanist theologian, Black Church historian, activist, displaced New Yorker, Alpha Kappa Alpha, writer, lover of words.
@drsids.bsky.social
PhD in Theology. Filipino Canadian scholar interested in the intersection of psychology, history, and theology. My dissertation explores the effect of disgust in theology, specifically in Augustine's letters against the Donatists. Views are my own.
@janiecej.bsky.social
Author of Convicting the Mormons: The Mountain Meadows Massacre in American Culture @uncpress amongst other things. This could be a Luna appreciation account.
@danielsilliman.bsky.social
News editor at Christianity Today. Historian who wrote a religious bio of Richard Nixon. Raising chickens, bees, and cats in Appalachia.
@andrealturpin.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History, Baylor U. Author, *A New Moral Vision: Gender, Religion, & the Changing Purposes of American Higher Education.* Currently researching women in US religious controversies. Views my own.
@jbophoff.bsky.social
Studies #lateantiquity #earlychristianity and #earlymedieval stuff. Small town America pastor with the UCC. Also into fantasy, sci-fi, role play, and the wilderness. he/him/his
@jrhett.bsky.social
Asst. Professor of the History of Christianity. Editor at @anxiousbench.bsky.social. Medieval Chivalry and the Making of Anabaptist Identity forthcoming w/ Amsterdam U Press.
@cgehrz.bsky.social
(gairts) Christian. Historian. Dad of twins. Fan of Twins. Current projects: https://chrisgehrz.substack.com https://womenofbethel.org
@jtcochran.bsky.social
Historian Purdue University Northwest. Jonathan Edwards and Hebrews (V&R, 2025). Brand Evangelicals (Brazos Press, forthcoming 2026). Columnist Anxious Bench.
@anxiousbench.bsky.social
Group blog featuring faith, politics, and culture in view of American and global religious history.
@faithandhistory.bsky.social
The Conference on Faith and History is a community of scholars exploring the relationship between Christian faith and history.
@ferrismattic.bsky.social
Former professional musician, theology student, language learner. Greek NT enthusiast. Neophyte Hebraist. Composer.
@johnmaiden.bsky.social
Historian of modern Christianity; Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies; Director of Evangelical Studies Program. Researching charismatic renewal on island of Ireland; writing biography of Michael Harper. In spare time frustrated by Manchester United. Manc.
@drstevenmfoster.bsky.social
Historian of Early Modern Religion & Politics. Husband to Dr Lynnette, Father to Isaac & Joseph. Human to Gino the Beagle. Associate Lecturer at OpenUniversity. Also Policy Advisor at HM Treasury. My views, not my employers. #KirkElla #Hull
@mrmcfteaches.bsky.social
HS Humanities | Social Studies Dept. Head | #IB History and IB TOK | #bced, BC π¨π¦| Unto the fundamentalists a stumbling block & unto the secularists foolishness. ππCascadia Subduction Zone
@rotiroti.bsky.social
Legal Scholar, Historian, Classicist β Legal Theory & History, Antiquity & Early Middle Ages, Classics, Early Christianity, Video Games β https://unicz.academia.edu/FrancescoRotiroti
@drbobcornwall.bsky.social
Disciples of Christ minister-at-large, ecumenist, author, and historical theologian. I blog at https://www.bobcornwall.com/
@danbatovici.bsky.social
FWF START Award 2024 at Uni Vienna 2024: GenAut.univie.ac.at | Co-host of @tetraseminar.bsky.social TeTra.univie.ac.at | Co-editor RBECS.org | Bits and bobs in manuscript studies, and the reception of EC literature.
@blairapgar.bsky.social
Asst. Prof (LT) @ Elon | Mixed bag Medievalist obsessed w/Matilda of Canossa, video games, virtual reality & 3D models. PhD @ UofYork π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπ (They/Them)
@jamesdarynhenry.bsky.social
Learning & teaching about American Religions and History of Christianity. Also: bourbon, basketball, bricolage, (participation-level) trophy husband, corralling two boys.
@gwynjapan.bsky.social
π¨ oral historian of Asia and πΎJapan. Bornπ΅π¬Raisedπ§π© Works@UNE Anaiwan Country. Lives Wurundjeri/Kulin Nation. Dangerous Memory in Nagasaki 2020; Aromas of Asia 2023. π πββοΈ
@michalyoudoing.bsky.social
History of Science, Astronomy, Cartography, Transport, Software, AI Translating 17th century Astronomy texts Author: -The Perfect Transport: and the science of why you can't have it -Almagestum Novum: History of Astronomy
@ctschroeder.bsky.social
Solo mom, teacher, writer, friend, Chloe's person. Author/ed Children & Family in Egyptian Monasticism http://tiny.cc/umx8lz, Monastic Bodies, Melania. carrieschroeder.com. Co-founder copticscriptorium.org. Prof @ OU. Opinions mine not my employer's
@onslies.bsky.social
Historian: mobility & recordkeeping of #earlymodern Catholic minorities. Book: confessional mobility and English Catholics in Early Modern Europe. Also grumpy about the state of UK Higher Education so likely to talk about how it is being failed...(She/Her)
@megannutzman.bsky.social
Assoc Prof at ODU; PhD in Classics from UChicago; MTS + ThM from HCHC; history + material culture of ancient religion; chanter, knitter, weaver; author of Contested Cures (Edinburgh University Press) bit.ly/3sMTELi
@emuehlbe.bsky.social
Michigander with ideas about ancient history, writing, cats, bikes I don't care about typos on here, neither should you HOLD THE LINE
@tbmorrone.bsky.social
Postdoc in Critical Classical Studies @ Brown | labor solidarity forever πͺ
@merleeisenberg.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History, Oklahoma State University. PhD, Princeton University Middle Ages & Late Antiquity | Pandemics & Plague | Environmental Podcast: Infectious Historians @ infectioushistorians.com Also: Arsenal | Mets | Vikings | UConnWBB
@missoularedhead.bsky.social
Historian, medievalist, geek, feminist, mom, crocheter. Order changes depending on day. Associate professor. All my own thoughts (most of which lately are 'wtf'). Desperately trying to do research.
@khansonwoodruff.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, Harvard Religion. Researching American Christianity, gender, media, and politics.
@ruthatherton.bsky.social
Lecturer in #Earlymodern History at USW. Deputy Editor of Reformation & Renaissance Review. Interested in 16C German religion, education and culture. Writing a book on early modern catechisms. Mum to 2 rascals and 1 excitable spaniel.
@danjohnsonhymns.bsky.social
I study early modern & long eighteenth-century Protestantism. Working on evangelical hymns in slavery, mission, and abolition currently. Infrequent guitarist. Views my own
@suthfor.bsky.social
Historian of religion at University of Auckland: Early Modern Christianity, religious violence, and religion in Aotearoa/NZ. Home brewer. Gen X dilettante. Ambulando solvitur.
@historiographos.bsky.social
Religious Studies Prof | Historian of Christianity in the Ancient Mediterranean World | Project Director of Bucknell's Health Humanities Initiative | Would rather be eating souvlaki
@heikeomerzu.bsky.social
Historian of early Christianity at University of Copenhagen (UCPH) - she/her
@gerhardstuebben.bsky.social
PhD 2023. 2023β2024 Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at Baylor University. Historian of Christianity, Latin American Liberation Theology.
@jschac.bsky.social
Currently an independent scholar, hopefully a future professor of Early Christianity. Researching monasticism & asceticism. Dad. Punk rocker.
@dianeshanef.bsky.social
Rutgers Religion Prof; Medievalist historian of Christianity. Martyrdom Scholar. Advocate for inclusive pedagogy, public education, and peace. New Yorker turned Hoosier. Mom of 3. (She/her or they)
@apocalypsenow5.bsky.social
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Rhodes College. PhD in the Study of Religion (EC&NT), University of Toronto & Centre for Jewish Studies (2013).
@ntecprof.bsky.social
Historian of Early Christianity. Occasional speculative fiction writer. Constant speculator about the occasion of ancient documents. I do not speak for my employer.
@galekenny.bsky.social
Historian of US religion // knitter // author of Christian Imperial Feminism: White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire (NYU Press)
@seokweonjeon.bsky.social
US Religious Historian with a focus on MBC (migration, borders, citizenship), Asian America, US Imperialism | PhD Candidate @Harvard Religion & Fellow @Weatherhead | Every Thu.@BOS.Symphony | Reading Now:π How Our Days Became Numbered π seokweonjeon.com
@heatherdcurtis.bsky.social
Historian of American Religion. Professor and Director of the Center for the Humanities @ Tufts.
@danielvaca.bsky.social
assoc. prof. @ Brown University | author of *Evangelicals Incorporated: Books and the Business of Religion in America* (Harvard, 2019) | writing about religion + inequity + taxes + visions of the common good | danielvaca.com
@kginlum.bsky.social
Professor of American Religion @Stanford. Author of Damned Nation (2014) and Heathen (2022). Director of @argcstanford.bsky.social. SFGiants fan.
@drrussellnewton.bsky.social
Historian of Christianity (esp. early modern Scottish Protestantism) | Co-editor ππ€π°π΅π΅πͺπ΄π© ππ©πΆπ³π€π© ππͺπ΄π΅π°π³πΊ (EUP) | Co-editor ππ©π¦ πππ¦π³π¨πΊ πͺπ― ππ’π³ππΊ ππ°π₯π¦π³π― ππ€π°π΅ππ’π―π₯ (Boydell, 2021)
@jonmgarcia.bsky.social
PhD candidate at @USC | Historian of American Religion | Researching Latinos, migration, and evangelicalism | Tweeting religion, politics, and sports.
@antheabutler.bsky.social
Professor, Ride or die Eagles fan, traveler and gin drinker. Comedic truth teller.
@drleahpayne.bsky.social
Author, God Gave Rock & Roll to You: a History of CCM @OUPReligion | Pods: @PRX #RTDR | #SpiritandPower | #WeirdReligion
@peterwebster.bsky.social
Head of digital scholarship and innovation, Southampton uni library: DH, digitization, preservation, web archives, #GLAM, #OA Also: historian of 20th c. British Christianity: theology, ecumenism, law/politics, religious arts. Own views, naturally.
@tgloege.bsky.social
Historian of reigion and Platform Administrator at the Grand Rapids Public Library. Author of Guaranteed Pure (UNC Press) and other things; tech tinkerer; local information; hopelessly Midwestern (he/him).
@sdowland.bsky.social
American religion, Prof & Honors Director @ PLU, author of Family Values & Rise of Christian Right https://amazon.com/dp/0812224299, golf nut, UVA fan
@katytelling.bsky.social
PhD, History. William & Mary. Gender+Family 18th/17th-c. Quakers in the Carolinas & Virginia. Texan. She/Her. All views my own. RVA. Social Media Management: #WomenAlsoKnowHistory + The Octo π || Productions Editor: Commonplace Journal
@carivera.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Church History at Wake Forest Divinity School | Ephrem and Origen, theology and poetry | Methodist preacher
@paulus-aracnea.bsky.social
Christianity in South Asia, Church history, early modern history, archives, politics (mostly Italian) and random thoughts. https://studigermanici.academia.edu/PaoloAranha
@slyprofessor.bsky.social
#BLM | Professor @AppState | PhD Religious Studies - Mediterranean Antiquity | I study how ancient and modern Christians imagine history | Cycling | he/him | Writes @RDispatches | OpinionsMine
@domwass.bsky.social
Historian (Early Medieval) β§ Bishops β§ Church History β§ Female Power β§ England β§ βGermanyβ β§ Scandinavia β§ based @ University of Cologne β§ @fobim.bsky.social β§ @digitrip.bsky.social β§ Header: Bamberg Msc.Lit.53, fol.2v β§ opinions my own β§ he/him
@benjaminepark.bsky.social
Historian, professor, author. Author/editor of 5 books, including AMERICAN ZION: A NEW HISTORY OF MORMONISM. views = my own https://linktr.ee/benjaminepark
@jstuart.bsky.social
History Professor | Race, Religion, and Masculinity in the Black Freedom Struggle
@econroykrutz.bsky.social
Historian of 19th century religion and US foreign relations. Author of Christian Imperialism (2015) and Missionary Diplomacy (2024)
@randalljstephens.bsky.social
American historian, religion, environment, pop culture, the South. Author: The Devil's Music (Harvard, 2018). Prof of Am & Brit Studies, Univ of Oslo. Fulbright alumnus. https://t.co/oGDJUwAhXL
@vox-magica.bsky.social
historian of ancient christianity | researcher of magic & heresy | neurospicy | author of smoke & mirrors (OUP 2025) and magic and heresy (CUP 2025) | she/her
@jonathandriddle.bsky.social
Historian of medicine and religion | Health humanities coordinator | Notre Dame PhD | Same handle everywhere Book mss: The Gospel of Health: How Science, Religion, and Capitalism Shaped Wellness in America
@kkdumez.bsky.social
Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Next up: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
@clementsaustinj.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Stanford University | American religious and intellectual history | Writing a dissertation on the creation of the American far right | ASU West alum
@tlecaque.bsky.social
Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. He/him.
@miriamjane5.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in New Testament and Early Christianity at Dublin City University. Writing about early Christian exegesis, exegetical culture, and notions of "home" in Christian Late Antiquity. she/her
@paulrfoth.bsky.social
Sparrow, lichen, music fan account Bird guide in the BC Cariboo Occasional scholar of of religious history Exile from the Salish Sea