Jon H. Roberts

Jon H. Roberts
Born	Jon Harlan Roberts
Nationality	American
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Missouri Harvard University
Thesis	The Impact of Darwinism on American Protestant Theology, 1859–1890 (1980)
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	American history ecclesiastical history history of science intellectual history
Institutions	Harvard University University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point Boston University

Jon Harlan Roberts is an American historian and the Tomorrow Foundation Professor of History at Boston University.^[1]

Education and career

Roberts graduated in 1969 from the University of Missouri. He continued his education at Harvard University, earning a master's degree in 1970 and completing his PhD in 1980.^[2]

He continued at Harvard as an assistant professor of history until 1985, when he moved to the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. He earned tenure there in 1988 and was promoted to full professor in 1995. In 2001 he moved again to Boston University and in 2007 he was named the Tomorrow Foundation Professor.^[2]

Selected publications

Roberts is the author or coauthor of books including:

• Darwinism and the Divine in America: Protestant Intellectuals and Organic Evolution, 1859–1900 (University of Wisconsin Press, 1988). ISBN 978-0-299-11590-6.^[3]
• The Sacred and the Secular University (with James Turner, Princeton University Press, 2020)^[4]

He is co-editor of Science Without God?: Rethinking the History of Scientific Naturalism (with Peter Harrison, Oxford University Press, 2019)^[5]

References

1. "John H. Roberts". Boston: Boston University. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
2. "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-04-09.
3. Reviews of Darwinism and the Divine in America:
   • Robert C. Bannister, The American Historical Review, JSTOR 2163164
   • James Barr, The Journal of Theological Studies, JSTOR 23963889
   • Jan C. Dawson, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, JSTOR 1464640
   • Conrad Hyers, Theology Today, doi:10.1177/004057368904600113
   • William E. Phipps, American Presbyterians, JSTOR 23332772
   • Cynthia Russett, The Journal of American History, JSTOR 1908417
   • Hugh Tulloch, Journal of American Studies, JSTOR 27555308
   • John C. Waldmeir, The Journal of Religion, JSTOR 1203706
   • Walter J. Wilkins, Church History, JSTOR 3169122
4. Reviews of The Sacred and the Secular University:
   • Patrick Allitt, The Historian, JSTOR 24450737
   • Joel A. Carpenter, The American Historical Review, JSTOR 2693063
   • James E. Giles, "Ethics and Epistemology in the Twenty-First Century", CrossCurrents, JSTOR 24460909
   • Stanley M. Guralnick, Isis, JSTOR 236838
   • Michael S. Hamilton, Church History, JSTOR 3654531
   • Lonnie D. Kliever, Academe, JSTOR 40252025
   • Bradley Longfield, The Journal of American History, JSTOR 2675007
   • Charles E. Rice, The History of the Behavioral Sciences, doi:10.1002/jhbs.1056
   • J. C. Wolfart, "Spurious george goes to school – in Germany?", Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, JSTOR 23551205
5. Reviews of Science Without God?:
   • Jamie Boulding, Religious Studies, doi:10.1017/S0034412519000702
   • Nathan K. C. Bossoh, Science & Christian Belief,
   • Travis Dumsday, Religious Studies and Theology, doi:10.1558/rsth.40975
   • Arturo Gastelum, Reviews in Religion & Theology, doi:10.1111/rirt.13789
   • Mikael Leidenhag, Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences, doi:10.1628/ptsc-2020-0009
   • Josh Reeves, Journal of Reformed Theology, doi:10.1163/15697312-01303017
   • Tiddy Smith, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfz070
   • Neil Spurway, Journal of Contemporary Religion, doi:10.1080/13537903.2020.1697519

External links

• Curriculum vitae