Stephen J. Stein

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Conser, Walter H. Jr.; Twiss, Sumner B., eds. (1997). "History, Historians, and the Historiography of Indigenous Sectarian Religious Movements in America". Religious Diversity and American Religious History: Studies in Traditions and Cultures. University of Georgia Press. pp. 128–156.
  • "America's Bibles: Canon, Commentary, and Community". Church History. 64 (2): 169–184. 1995. doi:10.2307/3167903. ISSN   0009-6407.
  • ""For Their Spiritual Good": The Northampton, Massachusetts, Prayer Bids of the 1730s and 1740s". The William and Mary Quarterly. 37 (2): 261–285. 1980. doi:10.2307/1919499. ISSN   0043-5597.
  • "An Apocalyptic Rationale for the American Revolution". Early American Literature. 9 (3): 211–225. 1975. ISSN   0012-8163.
  • "George Whitefield on Slavery: Some New Evidence". Church History. 42 (2): 243–256. 1973. doi:10.2307/3163671. ISSN   0009-6407.
  • Awards and honors

    • National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowships, 1974, 1985
    • Indiana University Distinguished Teaching Awards, 1981
    • Indiana University College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award, 1991
    • President of the American Society of Church History, 1994
    • Chancellor’s Professorship in Teaching and Research, 1995
    • Indiana University's Tracy M. Sonneborn Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research, 1995
    • Indiana University Trustees Award for Teaching Excellence, 2003 [21]
    • Indiana University Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, 2005 [3]

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    Stephen J. Stein
    Born(1940-03-22)March 22, 1940
    DiedJanuary 12, 2022(2022-01-12) (aged 81)
    Academic background
    Education Concordia Seminary
    Yale University
    Doctoral advisor Sydney E. Ahlstrom