Peer-Reviewed Work
- “Commercializing the Sacred Office: Sexual Revolution and the Scandal of the Modern Marrying Parson, 1895-1930.” The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (forthcoming).
- “A City on a Hill: Mobilizing Evangelical Protestant Men for Moral Reform under the Des Moines Plan, 1907-1916.” The Annals of Iowa (forthcoming).
- “Big-League Basketball Comes to Omaha: A History of the Omahawks.” Nebraska History 97.4 (Winter 2016): 185-198.
- "From the Pulpit to the Press: Frank Crane's Omaha, 1892-1896." Nebraska History 96.3 (Fall 2015): 136-153
- Co-author with Jordan R. Bass and Mark Vermillion, “‘Going Viral’: The Impact of Forced Crowdsourcing on Coaching Evaluation Procedures.” International Sport Coaching Journal 1.2 (2014): 103-108.
- “A Church for the People and a Priest for the Common Man: Charles W. Savidge, Omaha’s Eccentric Reformer.” Nebraska History 94.2 (Summer 2013): 54-73. (this article can be accessed online)
- “Jesse ‘Cab’ Renick: In Search of an Indian Identity.” Chronicles of Oklahoma 89.1 (Spring 2011): 72-97.
Current Research
My dissertation explains how particular forms of Christianity were embedded within the world of big-time sports in the post-World War II United States, and also how the values and symbols of big-time sports increasingly found a home within numerous American Protestant communities. It focuses especially on the founding and early development of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (1954- 1980). Broadly, my research intersects with themes of sport, religion, race, consumer culture, print culture, and region (particularly the Midwest).
My dissertation explains how particular forms of Christianity were embedded within the world of big-time sports in the post-World War II United States, and also how the values and symbols of big-time sports increasingly found a home within numerous American Protestant communities. It focuses especially on the founding and early development of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (1954- 1980). Broadly, my research intersects with themes of sport, religion, race, consumer culture, print culture, and region (particularly the Midwest).
Some of my non peer-reviewed writing has appeared at various scholarly hubs on the internet, including the following:
History of Christianity - the official blog of the American Society of Church History
From August 2014 until January 2015, I was a regular contributor. Check out the blog here.
From August 2014 until January 2015, I was a regular contributor. Check out the blog here.
Religion in the American West - an academic group blog
Check out my guest post, "Bringing Social Gospel Back."
Check out my guest post, "Bringing Social Gospel Back."
Then and Now - a weekly Christian Century column edited by historians Ed Blum and Kate Bowler.
Check out my guest post, "Son of God and marketing Jesus movies to ministers."
Check out my guest post, "Son of God and marketing Jesus movies to ministers."
Religion & Politics - an online news journal run by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics at Washington University in St. Louis.
Check out my piece "A Short History of Christian Matchmaking."
(Note: This piece was also featured in the Spring 2014 edition of Christian Ethics Today)
Check out my piece "Nebraska: A Cornhusker Prays with FCA"
Check out my piece "A Short History of Christian Matchmaking."
(Note: This piece was also featured in the Spring 2014 edition of Christian Ethics Today)
Check out my piece "Nebraska: A Cornhusker Prays with FCA"
Sport in American History - an acdemic group blog.
Check out my review of Dolph Grundman's book Dolph Schayes and the Rise of Professional Basketball
Check out my review of Dolph Grundman's book Dolph Schayes and the Rise of Professional Basketball
Religion in American History - an academic group blog.
I am a regular contributor, posting once a month. You can find my posts by clicking here. Listed below is a sampling of my posts at the blog.
Book Preview Lists:
Book Reviews:
American West/Midwest
I am a regular contributor, posting once a month. You can find my posts by clicking here. Listed below is a sampling of my posts at the blog.
Book Preview Lists:
- 2016 American Religious History Year in Preview (January-April)
- 2015 American Religious History Year in Preview (September-December)
- 2015 American Religious History Year in Preview (May-August)
- 2015 American Religious History Year in Preview (January-April)
- 2014 American Religious History Year in Preview (July-December)
- 2014 American Religious History Year in Preview (January-June)
Book Reviews:
- Playing for God: Evangelical Women and the Unintended Consequences of Sports Ministry
- Under the Big Top: Big Tent Revivalism and American Culture, 1885-1925
- The Cross of War: Christian Nationalism and U.S. Expansion in the Spanish-American War
- Transcendental Meditation in the Midwest
- The Urban Pulpit: New York City and the Fate of Liberal Evangelicalism
- Building the Old Time Religion: Women Evangelists in the Progressive Era
- The Radical Middle Path: Jesus According to Ingersoll, Herron, and Debs
American West/Midwest
