Professor Emeritus of Historical Studies, since 1998; Professor,
1974-98; Associate Professor, 1969-74; Assistant Professor,1964-69
Dean of the School of Social Sciences, 1983-95
Chairperson of the Department of Historical Studies, 1972-77 and 1981-83
Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Study of Christian Culture, 2004-06
Visiting Professor of Church History, 2002-04
Fulbright Professor of American History, 2000-01
Fulbright Professor of American History in American Studies Research
Institute, 1995-96 and 1999-2000; Visiting Professor, since 1996
Fulbright Professor of American History, 1996-97
Visiting Professor of History and Theology, 1968-69
Associate Professor of History and Chairperson of Social Studies, 1962-64
Assistant Professor of History and Sociology, 1961-62
Administrative Assistant to the Dean, 1956-60
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1964
M.A., University of Chicago, 1960
B.D., University of Chicago, 1953
A.B., cum laude, Texas Christian University, 1951
"Bringing Confucius to Chicago: China at the World's Parliament of Religions, 1893," Proceedings of the Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities (Honolulu: Hawaii International Conference. . . , 2004), CD, pp. 4913-39
"Formative Infuences on American Thought: Pietism and Rationalism in the Eighteenth Century," trans. into Chinese by Ren Donglai, American Studies Quarterly (China), XVIII (Spring 2004), 122-34.
"Jesus in Beijing: A Review Essay," Encounter, LXV (Autumn 2004), 393-402.
"How American Entrepreneurs Transformed Religion," Tanjiu Meiguo: Jinian Ding Zemin Xiansheng Lunwen-Ji [To Study America: Collected Essays in Memory of Mr. Ding Zemin], edited by Mao-xin Liang (Changchun, PRC: Northeast Normal University Press, 2002), pp. 190-99.
"Barnett Blakemore and Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago, 1945--75," Encounter, (Spring 2001), 111-26.
"Contrasting Approaches to History in East and West," Wen Ming Bi Jiao Yan Jiu (Comparative Studies of Civilizations) [journal of Northeast Normal University, PRC], 2000, no. 1, 69-75.
"Classroom Communication in the People's Republic of China," Encounter, LX (Spring 1999), 187-206.
"Alexander Campbell, 1788-1866," Makers of Christian Theology in America, ed. James O. Duke and Mark G. Toulouse (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997), pp. 222-27.
"The Chinese Family: A Fifth Modernization?" Encounter, LIV (Summer 1993), 249-70.
"Faith and Reason in Disciples Theology," Classic Themes of Disciples Theology, ed. Kenneth Lawrence (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1986), pp. 101-29.
"The Cave Affair: Protestant Thought in the Gilded Age," Encounter, XLI (Spring 1980), 179-203.
"Rationalist in an Age of Enthusiasm: The Anomalous Career of Robert Cave," The Bulletin of the Missouri Historical Society, XXXV (January 1979), 99-108.
The Great Awakening and Its Impact on American History (St. Louis: Forum Press, 1978).
"The Religion of John Locke and the Character of His Thought," Journal of Religion, LVIII (July 1978), 244-62.
"Nature's God: A Reassessment of the Religion of the Founding Fathers," Religion in Life, XLVI (Summer 1977), 152-65.
"From Church to Denomination: American Congregationalism in the Nineteenth Century," Church History, XXXVIII (March 1969), 67-87.
"Bible and Church History in Contemporary Culture: Reflections on Christianity in Popular Literature," Summer Institute on The Publics of Theology and Public Issues in Contemporary Culture, Renmin University, Beijing, 2005.
"Formative Influences on American Thought: Pietism and Rationalism in the Eighteenth Century," International Symposium on the United States and China into the Twenty-first Century, Nankai University, Tianjin, PRC, 2003.
"Expanding Horizons: American Religious History in Global Context," American Studies Conference, Nanjing University, PRC, 2001.
"What Happens to the Reader When the Book Becomes Hypertext?" SIUE Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, 1999 (click on title to read the paper).
"Reflections on Teaching in China,"A presentation to a graduate student group at the University of Chicago, 1998 (click on title to read the paper).
"Prospects for Education in Hong Kong," Annual Meeting of the American Association of Chinese Studies, Penn State University, 1997 (click on title to read the paper).
"The Fulbright Experience: Teaching American History in the People's Republic of China," Conference on Chinese Education Toward the 21st Century, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997.
"The Role of Biography in Intellectual History," Third Conference on Biography and Autobiography, Beijing University, PRC, 1996.
"E Pluribus Unum: How Many Peoples Are Becoming One Nation, Jilin University, PRC, 1995.
Kenitra, Morocco, 1954 (military)
Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada, 1955 (military)
London, England, 1970-71 (post-doctoral research)
China, summers 1990 and 1991, 1995-97, 1999-2001, 2002-06 (language study; Fulbright lectureships; visiting professorship)
American Academy of Religion, American Historical Association, American Society of Church History, Organization of American Historians, Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi