Professor
Education: Ph.D., University at Albany (S.U.N.Y.), 2003
Office: Ferguson Social Sciences, 117
Email Address: John.Smith@tamuc.edu
Research Interests
Religion in Colonial & Revolutionary America, Apocalypticism, American Indian History
Recent Publications
A Dream of the Judgment Day: American Millennialism and Apocalypticism, 1620-1890. Forthcoming, Oxford University Press.
The First Great Awakening: Redefining Religion in British America, 1725-1775. Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2015.
“The Perfect Rule of the Christian Religion”: A History of Sandemanianism in the Eighteenth Century. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008.
Review of Darkness Falls in the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England, by Douglas Winiarski (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2017), The Journal of American History 104 (Mar. 2018)
“Two-and-a-Half Men: Religion and Revolution in British America," Reviews in American History 44 (Mar. 2016)
Review of Darkness Falls in the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England, by Douglas Winiarski (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2017), The Journal of American History 104 (Mar. 2018)
“Two-and-a-Half Men: Religion and Revolution in British America," Reviews in American History 44 (Mar. 2016)
Recent Courses Taught Undergraduate
Religion in Early America
The Apocalypse in American History
American Indian History
Star Wars: The Course Awakens (Signature Course)
