Prof. Heather WarrenHeather 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

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