David N. Hempton

FRHistS
Born
David Neil Hempton

(1952-02-19) February 19, 1952
Northern Ireland
TitleHarvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineHistory of Christianity
Institutions
Main interestsEvangelicalism

David Neil Hempton FRHistS (born 1952) is a Northern Irish historian of evangelicalism, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School, and fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[1]

Biography

Hempton was born on 19 February 1952,[2] in Northern Ireland.[3] He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree (1974) from the Queen's University Belfast and his Doctor of Philosophy degree (1977) from the University of St Andrews.[4] Hempton began teaching at Queen's University in 1979, where he was professor of modern history and director of the school of history.[4] He joined the faculty of Boston University in 1998, where he was professor of the history of Christianity, and in 2008 named "Outstanding Teacher of the Year" at the divinity school.[3] In 2007, he was appointed as the first Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School,[4] and in 2012 it was announced he would succeed William A. Graham as dean of the school.[3] In 2020 he was admitted as a member of the Royal Irish Academy.[5] He retired as HDS dean at the end of the 2022-23 academic year, but remains on the faculty.[6]

Selected publications

  • Methodism and Politics in British Society, 1750–1850, winner of The Whitfield Prize[7] (1984) ISBN 041555571X
  • The Religion of the People: Methodism and Popular Religion C. 1750–1900 (1996) ISBN 0415077141
  • Religion and Political Culture in Britain and Ireland: From the Glorious Revolution to the Decline of Empire (1996) ISBN 0521479258
  • Methodism: Empire of the Spirit, winner of the Jesse Lee Prize[8] (2005) ISBN 0300119763
  • Evangelical Disenchantment: Nine Portraits of Faith and Doubt (2008) ISBN 030014282X
  • The Church in the Long Eighteenth Century, winner of the Albert C. Outler Prize[9] (2011) ISBN 184511440X

References

  1. ↑ "Fellows of the Royal Historical Society" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Hempton, David". from Library of Congress Name Authority File.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hempton named Divinity School dean". Harvard Gazette. 30 March 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 "Hempton named first McDonald Family Professor". Harvard Gazette. 24 August 2006.
  5. ↑ "29 New Members Admitted". Royal Irish Academy. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Hempton to Step Down as HDS Dean". Harvard Divinity School. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Previous Winners of the Whitfield Prize" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "The Jesse Lee Prize". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "David Hempton Awarded Outler Prize". Harvard Divinity School. 7 December 2012.


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