Heather
Anne Warren, Ph.D.
(Johns Hopkins University), Associate Professor; European
and American Religious History.
Office: 109 Halsey Annex
434-924-
6719
email: HWarren@virginia.edu
UVa
instructor ID # 0874
American religious history; "mainline" Protestantism and its relation to American culture; the Christian Realists; the history of American religious education; the history of psychology and mainline Protestantism; existentialism in America; American religious autobiography
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Education
- The Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D. (History), 1992, M.A. (History), 1989
- Emory University, Candler School of Theology, M.Div.,
summa cum laude, honors program, 1985
- The University of Oxford, B.A. (Theology), 1984
- Cornell University, B.A., 1981
magna cum laude with distinction
Courses
Spring 2005
- RELB 589 History of American Buddhism,
- RELG 216 Religion in America Since 1865
Fall 2004
- RELG 101 Introduction to Western Religious Tradtions
- RELG 422 American Religious Autobiography
Spring 2004
- RELG 504 American Religion and Social Reform
- RELG 216 Religion in America Since 1865
Fall 2003
- RELG 766 Advanced Readings in American Religions.
- RELG 422 American Religious Autobiography
Publications, Awards, and Activities
Books
- Theologians of a New World Order: Reinhold Niebuhr and the Christian Realists, 1920-1948 (NY: Oxford University Press, 1997)
Articles
- "The Discipline and Habit of Theological Reflection," with Joan L. Murray and Mildred M. Best, Journal of Religion & Health, 41, no. 4 (Winter, 2002)
- "Authority and Grace: A Response to Robert Bellah," The Hedgehog Review, 4, no. 1 (Spring, 2002)
- "The Shift from Character to Personality in Mainline Personality, 1935-1945," Church History (September, 1998)
- "Character, Public Schooling, and Religious Education, 1920-1934," Religion and American Culture (Winter, 1997)
- "Educating for God and Country: Cooperation among Jewish and Christian Religious Educators, 1927-1933," Religious Education (Spring, 1996)
- "Intervention and International Organization: American Reformed Leaders and World War II," American Presbyterian Journal of Presbyterian History (Spring, 1996)
- "The Theological Discussion Group and Its Impact on American and Ecumenical Theology, 1920-1945, Church History (December, 1993)
Honors
- Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute for Women in Higher Education and Faith-Based Organizations, 2001
- David E. Harrison Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, 1999
- Distinguished Faculty Award, Z Society, 1998
- Service Learning Initiative Grant, 1998-1999
- Louisville Institute Team Teaching Awarad, 1996-1997
- Harrison Fund Teaching Award, 1996
- Rhodes Scholar (Tennessee and Trinity, 1982)
Professional Affiliations
- The American Historical Association
- The Organization of American Historians
- The American Society of Church History
- The Conference on Faith and History
- Ordained Elder, Virginia Annual Conference(ret.), The United Methodist Church
Personal information
- Two children:
- Hannah Jean Burgess (9/30/95)
- Benedict Andrew Burgess (7/16/97)
- Long distance hiker; trail maintainer - Potomac Appalachian Trail Club;
- Viola; guitar
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