PHILIP JENKINS

 

407 Weaver Building,                                                                                      

Pennsylvania State University,                                                                       

University Park, PA, 16802.                                                              

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/p/jpj1/

 

EDUCATION:          Clare College, University of Cambridge, England (1970-78)

 

            1978                Ph.D.   (History), University of Cambridge.

            1978                M.A.   University of Cambridge.

            1974                B.A. (Hons.), University of Cambridge. Double First-Class Honors

                                    (Part 1, History; Part 2, Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Studies).

                                   

EMPLOYMENT

 

2007-Present               Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Humanities, Pennsylvania State University.

 

1997-2007                   Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies, Pennsylvania State University.

 

1993-97           Professor of History and Religious Studies, Pennsylvania State University.

 

1992-98           Director, Religious Studies Program, Pennsylvania State University.

 

1989-93           Professor of Criminal Justice and American Studies, Pennsylvania State University.

 

1984-89           Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Pennsylvania State University.

 

1980-84           Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Pennsylvania State University.

 

1977-80           Research Officer on an Oxford and Cambridge project on the history of the English criminal law 1790-1914.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

I have published more than twenty books, and about 120 book chapters and refereed articles.  For more details, see http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/p/jpj1/books.html

 

A full listing of reviews of my books can be found at http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/p/jpj1/reviews.htm

 

Books

The Lost History of Christianity

San Francisco: HarperOne, forthcoming Fall 2008.

 

GodÕs Continent: Christianity, Islam and EuropeÕs Religious Crisis

New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. 340 pages.

This book also appeared in German, as Gottes Kontinent? †ber die religišse Krise Europas und die Zukunft von Islam und Christentum (Freiburg: Herder, 2008).

 

The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South

New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 252 pages.

The Italian edition appeared as I Nuovi Volti del Cristianesimo (Milan: Vita e Pensiero, 2006)

 

Decade of Nightmares: The End of the 1960s and the Making of Eighties America

New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 344 pages.

 

Dream Catchers: How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality

New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. 306 pages.

 

The New Anti-Catholicism The Last Acceptable Prejudice

New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 258 pages

This book is being translated into Polish.

 

Images of Terror: What We Can And Can't Know About Terrorism

Hawthorne, NY: Aldine De Gruyter, 2003. 227 pages

 

The Next Christendom: The Rise of Global Christianity

New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. 270 pages.

A second expanded edition was published by Oxford in 2007 (316 pages).

This book is also being translated into several other languages, including German, Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian.

The Chinese edition appeared from New Century Publishing (Taiwan) in 2003: 319 pages

The Italian edition appeared as La Terza Chiesa (Rome: Fazi Editore, 2004): 377 pages

The German edition appeared as Die Zukunft des Christentums (Giessen: Brunnen-Verlag, 2006): 384 pages

 

Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way

New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 260 pages.

 

Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the Internet

New York University Press, 2001. 259 pages.

 

Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History

New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 294 pages.

 

Synthetic Panics: The Politics of Designer Drugs

New York University Press, 1999. 247 pages.

 

The Cold War at Home: The Red Scare in Pennsylvania 1945-1960

University of North Carolina Press, 1999. 271 pages.

 

Moral Panic: Changing Concepts of the Child Molester in Modern America

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998. 302 pages.

 

Hoods and Shirts: The Extreme Right in Pennsylvania 1925-1950.

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. 343 pages.

 

A History of the United States

London: Macmillan / New York: St.MartinÕs Press, 1997. 317 pages.

Second edition, London: Palgrave Press, 2002: 330 pages.

Third edition, London: Palgrave, 2007: 338 pages.

This book is being translated into several other languages, including Spanish, Romanian, Serbian, and Estonian.

The Spanish edition appeared from Madrid's Alianza Editorial in 2002: 409 pages. A second edition appeared in 2005: 431 pages.

The Romanian edition, O Istorie A Statelor Unite, appeared from BucharestÕs Editura Artemis in 2002: 286 pages.

The Estonian edition was published as Ameerika †hendriikide Ajalugu  (Tallinn, Estonia: Kirjastus Valgus, 2005): 308 pages.

 

Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Social Crisis.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. 214 pages.

 

Using Murder: The Social Construction of Serial Homicide

Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1994. 262 pages

 

Intimate Enemies: Moral Panics in Contemporary Great Britain

Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1992. 262 pages.

 

A History of Modern Wales 1536-1990

London: Longmans, 1992. 451 pages.

 

Crime and Justice: Issues and Ideas

Monterey, CA: Brooks-Cole, 1984. 211 pages.

 

The Making of a Ruling Class: The Glamorgan Gentry 1640-1790

Cambridge University Press, 1983. 353 pages.

 

Archbishop Maurice Couve de Murville and Philip Jenkins, Catholic Cambridge

London: Catholic Truth Society, 1983. 149 pages.

 

Edited Books

 

Ernst SchŸrer, Manfred Keune and Philip Jenkins, eds., The Berlin Wall: Representations and Perspectives. New York: Peter Lang, 1996. 388 pages.

 

Ernst SchŸrer and Philip Jenkins, eds., B. Traven: Life and Work. University Park, PA: Penn State Press, 1987. 368 pages.

 

Book Chapters and Refereed Articles

 

Selected examples. For a full listing, see http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/p/jpj1/articles.htm

 

Trends in Global Christianity, in Steven Boguslawski and Ralph Martin, eds., The New Evangelization: Overcoming the Obstacles (New York: Paulist Press, 2008): 142-53

 

Failure To Launch: Why Do Some Social Issues Fail to Detonate Moral Panics? British Journal of Criminology 2007: 1-13

 

Satanism: Myth and Reality in a Contemporary Moral Panic. (with Daniel Maier-Katkin) in James R Lewis and Jesper Aagaard Petersen, eds., The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of Satanism (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2008), 64-88 (reprinted from a 1992 article that originally appeared in Crime, Law and Social Change)

 

Reading the Bible in the Global South, in Jonathan J. Bonk et al, eds., Speaking About What We Have Seen And Heard (New Haven, CT: OMSC Publications, 2007), 79-90

 

Christianity Goes South, in Frans Wijsen and Robert Schreiter, eds., Global Christianity: Contested Claims (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2007), 15-33.

 

Lord Acton Was Right: Religion Really is the Key to History, in Jim Manney, ed., The Best Catholic Writing 2007 (Chicago: Loyola Press, 2007), 53-61

 

The Greatest Exaggerations Ever Told, in Dan Burstein and Arne DeKeijzer, eds., Secrets of Mary Magdalene (New York: CDS Books, 2006), 117-124.

 

Religion, Global Trends, and Religious Futurology, in Charles L. Harper, Jr., ed., Spiritual Information: One Hundred Perspectives  (Templeton Foundation Press, 2005), 90-95.

 

Weird Tales: The Story of a Delusion, in M. W. Anderson and Brett Alexander Savory, The Last Pentacle of the Sun: Writings In Support of the West Memphis Three (Vancouver, BC: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2004): 35-41.

 

The Politics of Persecuted Religious Minorities, in Robert A. Seiple and Dennis R. Hoover, Religion and Security: The New Nexus in International Relations (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Litlefield, 2004): 25-36.

*Reprinted: an adapted version of this chapter appeared as Religion, Repression and Rebellion, in Faith and International Affairs, 5(1)(2007): 3-12.

 

The Center and the Fringe: America's Religious Futures, in Hans Krabbendam and Derek Rubin, eds., Religion in America: European and American Perspectives (Amsterdam: VU University Press, 2004): 51-66.

 

Church, Nation and Language: The Welsh Church 1660-1800, in Jeremy Gregory and Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, eds, The National Church in Local Perspective (Woodbridge, England: Boydell Press, 2003): 265-84.

 

Satanism and Ritual Abuse, in James R. Lewis, ed., Handbook of New Religious Movements (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003): 221-42.

 

 Welsh Urban Networks 1600-1850, in Peter Clark, ed., The Cambridge Urban History of Britain ii, 1540-1840 (Cambridge University Press, 2000): 133-149.

 

Between Two Revolutions: Wales 1642-1780, in Gareth E. Jones and Dai Smith, eds., The People of Wales (Llandyssul, Wales: Gomer Press, 1999): 83-110.

 

Seventeenth Century Wales: Definition and Identity, in Brendan Bradshaw and Peter Roberts, eds., British Consciousness & Identity: The Making of Britain, 1533-1707 (Cambridge University Press, 1998): 213-35.

 

The Anglican Church and the Unity of Britain: the Welsh Experience, in Steven Ellis and Sarah Barber, Conquest and Union: Fashioning a British State 1485-1725 (London: Longmans, 1995): 115-138.

 

Occult Survivors: The Making of a Myth, (with Daniel Maier-Katkin) in James Richardson, David Bromley and Joel Best, eds., The Satanism Scare (Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1991): 127-144.

*Reprinted: This chapter was reprinted in Darren Oldridge, ed., The Witchcraft Reader (London: Routledge, 2002): 419-432.

 

Non-Refereed Publications and Journalism

 

I have published extensively in magazines and newspapers, including both major articles as well as shorter opinion and op-ed pieces. Some illustrative examples of this writing include:

 

Bringing the Loathsome to Light, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 1, 2002: B16.

 

The Myth of the Pedophile Priest, Pittsburgh Post Gazette March 3, 2002, online at

http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/comm/20020303edjenk03p6.asp

*Reprinted: This article was widely reprinted in dozens of newspapers and other publications across the US.

 

The Catholic Church's Culture Clash, Wall Street Journal, March 26, 2002.

*Reprinted: This article was reprinted in Society, 40(3)(2003): 8-9.

 

The Next Christendom, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 29, 2002: B7-10, online at http://chronicle.com/weekly/v48/i29/29b00701.htm

 

Celibacy For Beginners, Washington Post, March 31, 2002, B3.

 

Here For Good: Religion and the New Immigrants, Books and Culture, May-June 2002: 12-13.

 

Growing the Flock, Boston Globe, June 23, 2002, E1.

 

A New Religious America, First Things, August-September 2002: 25-28.

*Reprinted: This article was reprinted in John Wilson, ed., The Best Christian Writing 2004 (Jossey-Bass, 2003), 61-69.

 

The Next Christianity, Atlantic Monthly, October 2002: 53-68.

*This article was nominated for a National Magazine Award.

It has also been widely excerpted and summarized in various magazines in North America and Europe. See for example:

Occidente Attento! Arriva La Nuova Cristianita, Sette (supplement to Corriere Della Sera, Milan) October 24, 2002: 108-12;

Die Zweite Reformation, in Rheinischer Merkur, March 6, 2003.

 Das Christentum Wird im 21 Jahrhundert Die Welt PrŠgen Chrismon, August 2003: 36-37.

Das NŠchste Christentum Reformierte Presse (ZŸrich) August 2003: 7-9.

Die Gegenreformation Hat LŠngst Begonnen, Der †berblick, September 2003: 80-84.

 

The New Iron Curtain, American Outlook, Fall 2002: 25-30.

 

Cut Child Porn Link to Abusers, Guardian (London) January 23, 2003.

 

Some Prejudices Are More Equal Than Others, Catalyst, May 2003: 8-9.

 

Catholicism Final Target for Bashers, Arizona Republic, June 15, 2003.

 

Did You Know That The Middle EastÕs Radicals Used To Be Christians? History News Network, August 2003, online at http://hnn.us/articles/1640.html

 

Pope Has Transformed The World, Dallas Morning News, October 16, 2003.

 

Gospel Truth? Dallas Morning News, November 2, 2003.

 

Defender of the Faith, Atlantic Monthly, November, 2003: 46-49.

 

Now, Think About The Age Of Consent, Dallas Morning News, March 7, 2004.

 

GibsonÕs Atonement, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 14, 2004.

 

On Native Grounds, Boston Globe, September 26, 2004.

 

The Anti-Museum, Christian Century, February 8, 2005: 25-29.

 

Delikate Warnungen: Papst und Kirche aus Sicht des SŸdens, SŸddeutsche Zeitung, April 5, 2005.

*This article was reprinted in the Tages-Anzeiger (ZŸrich), as Das Herz der Kirche SchlŠgt im SŸden (April 8).

 

Be Separate From Them, Wall Street Journal, Sept. 16, 2005.

 

Cult Classics, Atlantic Monthly, April 2006: 117.

 

All Gospels Are Not Created Equal, Beliefnet, April 2006, online at

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/189/story_18922_1.html

 

The Defeat of Liberalism, Kommersant (Moscow) June 2, 2006, online at http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.html?path=\daily\2006\098\11007286.htm

 

Liberating Word, Christian Century, July 11, 2006: 22-27.

*This article was reprinted in Philip Zaleski, ed., The Best American Spiritual Writing 2007 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007): 167-175.

 

Believing in the Global South, First Things, December 2006: 12-18.

 

Das Entstehen Eines Neues Christentums, Forum Weltkirche (Germany), Jan-Feb. 2007: 13-18.

 

Who is Harry Sylvester? First Things, March 2007: 17-21.

 

Companions of Life, Books and Culture, March-April 2007: 18-20.

 

EuropeÕs Christian Comeback, Foreign Policy June 2007, online at http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3881

 

Looking for a Few Good Muslims, July 2007, at http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/muslim/; also appeared on Huffingtonpost, at

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-jenkins/looking-for-a-few-good-mu_b_56954.html

 

America's Cult Culture, in Mysteries of History: Secret Societies, US News and World Report Collector's Edition (2007), 60-63. (Adapted from my book Mystics and Messiahs).

 

Dialogue with Miranda Hassett on The Anglican Communion in Crisis: OUP blog, at http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/christian/  and http://blog.oup.com/2007/08/part_two-2/

 

PBS and Historical Objectivity, New Republic blog, August 2007, http://www.tnr.com/blog/openuniversity.

 

Neuer Wein in alten BrŠuchen: Die erstaunlich religišse Zukunft Europas, SŸddeutsche Zeitung, October 1, 2007.

 

Economics as Eugenics, First Things, October 2007: 13-15.

 

Unholy Communion, New Republic, October 8, 2007: 14-17

 

The Stillborn Modernization, Cato Unbound, October 2007, at http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/10/12/philip-jenkins/the-stillborn-modernization/

 

Infertile Crescent, New Republic, November 5, 2007: 10-13.

 

The Heresy That WouldnÕt Die, Christian History and Biography, Fall 2007: 33-35.

 

Burning at the Stake, New Republic, December 10, 2007: 14-15.

*This article was reprinted in Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer eds., Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments (Pearson Longman, 2009): 343-345.

 

Apocalyptic Politics, Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2008.

 

ÒAuch bei Muslimen kommen Kinder aus der Mode,Ó Welt am Sonntag, January 27, 2008. http://www.welt.de/wams_print/article1600238/Auch_bei_Muslimen_kommen_Kinder_aus_der_Mode.html

 

ÒHomegrown Terrorism,Ó Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2008.

*This article was reprinted in other newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle, March 23, 2008.

 

ÒWie der Westen die Muslime islamisiert,Ó Welt am Sonntag, May 24, 2008. http://www.welt.de/politik/article2029792/Wie_der_Westen_die_Muslime_islamisiert.html

 

Book Reviews

 

Since 1985, I have published over a hundred book reviews. For a full listing, see http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/p/jpj1/bookreviews.htm

 

PAPERS PRESENTED AND INVITED LECTURES

 

For full details, see http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/p/jpj1/conference.htm and http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/p/jpj1/invited.htm

 

Since 1980, I have delivered over a hundred papers to scholarly gatherings and professional associations, most regularly to groups like the American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the Pennsylvania Historical Association. I have also presented papers to groups as diverse as the Organization of American Historians, American Society of Eighteenth Century Studies, the Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies, G. K. Chesterton Society, Popular Culture Association, American Correctional Association, American Association of Law Librarians, and the Pennsylvania Labor History Society.

 

Some recent examples of invited lectures or presentations include:

 

Futures of American Religion, Netherlands American Studies Association. Middelburg, Netherlands, June 2001

 

Globalization and the Transformation of Christianity, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, September 2001

 

I was the subject of an Author meets Critics session on Philip Jenkins as Social Constructionist, at the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, November, 2001

 

The Competition for Converts between Christianity and Islam, Harvard Academy, Seminar on Globalization and Culture, Harvard University, March 2002

 

Participant in panel on The Three Kingdoms and the New British History, Keough Institute for Irish Studies, Notre Dame University, May 2002

 

Participant in panel at conference on The Bible and the Ballot: Evangelicals and Third World Democracy, Potomac, Maryland, June 2002

 

After Father Geoghan: The Lessons of the Clergy Abuse Cases, Invited lecture to Conference on Victimization of Children and Youth, University of New Hampshire, Portsmouth, NH, August, 2002

 

The New Christianity and the Future of Global Politics, Toward an Understanding of Religion and Political Conflict, meeting organized by Ethics and Public Policy Center, Key West, FL, December 2002.

 

Islam in The American Experience, History Day lecture, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Bryn Mawr, PA, May 2003. This paper was circulated in FPRIÕs Watch on the West 4(4)(2003). It was also reprinted in The WorldPaper, at http://www.worldpaper.com/enewsletters/080703.html

 

Invited speaker and panelist at Religious Freedom: The Missing Dimension of Security, Brandywine Forum 2003, held at Eastern University, St. DavidÕs, PA, May , 2003

 

The ChurchÕs Role in Africa, Trinity National Leadership Round Table, Washington DC, June 2003.

 

Islam and Christianity: Cooperation and Conflict, Witherspoon Fellowship, Washington DC, July 2003

 

 Faith and Secularism in the US and Worldwide, keynote address, Conference on Faith and Secularism, Princeton University, October 2003

 

Apocalyptic Terrorism in the United States, New York University, October 2003

 

My book The Next Christendom was the subject of a panel discussion at the Academy of American Religion meeting in Atlanta, GA, November 2003. It was also the subject of a separate panel at the Evangelical Theological Society, also meeting in Atlanta. I participated in both events.

 

I have on several occasions served as a speaker and panelist for workshops on religion and violence convened by the RAND Corporation in Arlington, VA., most recently in January, July and December 2004

 

In February 2004, I was the William Belden Noble lecturer at Harvard University, delivering three lectures on the theme of Emerging Christianities

 

 Ethiopia Shall Lift Up Her Hands, Society of Pentecostal Studies, Milwaukee, WI, March 2004

 

In March 2004, I gave the Albert Cardinal Meyer lectures at the University of St. Mary of the Lake (Mundelein Seminary), in Illinois

 

In April 2004, I gave the keynote lecture at the conference on The Future of the Church in a Globalized World, held at the Center for Christian Study, in Charlottesville, VA

 

Truthful Reporting on Religion and Culture, Gegrapha Conference on Journalism in Asia, held at Subic Bay, Philippines, November 2004

 

Colliding Diasporas: Immigrant Christianity in the New Europe, Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, December 2004

 

The Da Vinci Code and the Quest for Hidden Gospels, Missouri Baptist University, St Louis, MO, June 2005

 

Colliding Diasporas: How Global Christianity and Global Islam Encounter Each Other In Europe, Series on Religion, Political Economy and Society Seminar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, December 2005

 

Informed Sources: The Construction of Terrorism, University of Ottawa, March 2006

 

The Global Context, Conference on The New Evangelization, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, March 2006

 

Decade of Nightmares, Carnegie Institute on Ethics and International Affairs, New York City, April 2006; I also spoke on this topic at the Cooper Union, New York City.

 

In May 2006, I was the Commencement speaker for Trinity Episcopal School of Ministry, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Believing the Bible in the Global South, Convocation Address, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, September 2006

 

The New Faces of Christianity, Erasmus Lecture, New York City, October 2006. I also spoke on this topic at the Carnegie Institute on Ethics and International Affairs.

 

Global Schism: Is the Anglican Communion Rift the First Stage in a Wider Christian Split? Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Key West, FL, May 2007: http://pewforum.org/events/?EventID=145

 

In June 2007, I spoke at the Conference on Islam and Muslims in the World Today, organized by the British government, and held in Lancaster House, London: http://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/cip/islam-conference.php

 

GodÕs Continent: EuropeÕs Religious Crisis, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Lecture, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, October 2007

 

Religion and Science, Christian Worldview Conference, Princeton, NJ, November 2007

 

Now That Faith Has Come, Plenary address, Evangelical Theological Society, San Diego, November 2007

 

In December 2007, I delivered the paper ÔBlack GangsÕ: The Perils of Counter-Subversion, to the colloque on Mimicry in Civil Wars: The Strategic Use of Identity Signals, held at the College de France, Paris.

 

Islam and the Future of Europe (with George Weigel), Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington DC, February 2008

 

Islamic Europe or Euro-Islam? Workshop on Institutionalization and Representation of Religion, Berlin, Germany, June 2008

 

I have spoken frequently on aspects of global Christianity, and the expansion of Christianity in the global South. My recent presentations on these themes include invited lectures at:

 

Carnegie Institute on Ethics and International Affairs, New York City, April 2002

Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA, September 2002

John Randolph Club, Rockford, IL, October 2002

Baylor University, Waco, TX, November 2002

St. Vincent's College, Latrobe, PA, November 2002

Anglican Congress, Atlanta, GA, December 2002

Anglican Mission in America, convention, Pawleys Island, SC, January 2003

Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC, at the National Cathedral, Washington

DC, February 2003

St. AnneÕs Church, Annapolis, MD, February 2003

Siena College, Albany, NY, February 2003

Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, OH, March 2003

St. Thomas University, St Paul, MN, March 2003

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, April 2003.

Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA (Bellarmine Lecture), April 2003.

Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, Orlando, FL, July 2003

Juniata College, PA, September 2003

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, September 2003

Catholic University of America, Washington DC, October 2003

Messiah College, Grantham, PA, October 2003

Mother Church of Christian Science, Boston, MA, October 2003

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, November 2003

Overseas Missionary Study Center, New Haven, CT, December 2003

University of San Francisco (Paul Wattson Lecture), January 2004

Cathedral Church of the Advent (Episcopal), Birmingham, Alabama,

February 2004

St. MaryÕs University, San Antonio, TX, February 2004

National Association of Evangelicals, Colorado Springs, CO, March 2004

Hanover College, Hanover, IN, March 2004

SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY, April 2004

Chicago Center for Global Ministries, April 2004

Pallium Lecture, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, May 2004

Capitol Hill Campus (Mercatus Center), Washington DC, May 2004

Virginia Baptist Missionary Board, Richmond, VA, September 2004

Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, September 2004

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, September 2004

Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, October 2004

Missions Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 2004

Association of Adventist Forums, Hueston Woods, OH, October 2004

Grace Presbytery, Dallas, TX, November 2004

La Sierra University, Riverside, CA (Paul Landa lecture), February 2005

Dominican University, Chicago, February 2005

North Central University, Minneapolis, March 2005

Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA, March 2005

Gordon College, Massachusetts, April 2005

Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, MD, April 2005

St MichaelÕs College, Burlington, VT (Sutherland lecture), April 2005

Wheaton College, IL, April 2005

Northern Seminary (Chicago) April 2005

Association of Vineyard Churches, Columbus, OH, May 2005

Council on Foreign Relations, Washington DC, May 2005

The Gathering, San Antonio, TX, October 2005

Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, October 2005

Calvin College (January Series), January 2006

Walla Walla College, Walla Walla, WA, February 2006

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, February 2006

Houghton College, Houghton, NY, March 2006

Missions Congress, Freising, Germany, May 2006

University of Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2006

University of Aarhus, Denmark, May 2006

Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, PA, September 2006

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 2006

St. Vincent's College, Latrobe, PA, November 2006

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, November 2006

Boston College (Candlemas lecture), February 2007

Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX, March 2007

Church of the Incarnation (Episcopal), Dallas, TX, March 2007

Union College, Barbourville, KY, March 2007

Asbury Seminary, Wilmore, KY, March 2007

Institute on Religion and Democracy, Rosslyn, VA, March 2007

Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Neb., April 2007

Wycliffe Bible Translators, Orlando, FL, June 2007

Rochester College, Rochester, Mich., June 2007

Ablaze Conference – Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Houston TX, July 2007

National Conference on Innovation, Columbus, Ohio, September 2007

Villanova University, Villanova, PA, October 2007

Fox Leadership Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, November 2007.

Loyola University, Baltimore MD, January 2008

Eastern University, Philadelphia PA, February 2008

Board of Trustees, Centre for Theological Inquiry, Princeton NJ, February 2008

House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St Paul, MN, February 2008

Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham AL, March 2008

Centre for Theological Inquiry, Princeton NJ, April 2008

Baylor University, Waco TX, April 2008

Niagara University, Lewiston NY, April 2008

Mormon History Association (Tanner Lecture), Sacramento, CA, May 2008

 

I have also spoken regularly on contemporary anti-Catholicism, including presentations at:

 

St. Vincent's College, Latrobe, PA, September 2003

Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ (Archbishop Gerety lecture) March 2004

Boston College, March 2004

Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, April 2004

John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH, September 2004

St. Louis University (De Lubac Lecture), January 2005

 

Over the last decade, I have participated in (at least) several hundred interviews with the mass media (newspapers, radio and television), and have been frequently quoted in news reports in North America and Europe. My media appearances include newspapers and radio stations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Brazil, as well as in many different regions of the United States.

I have appeared on a number of news specials and CNN documentaries covering a variety of topics, including the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, as well as serial murder, terrorism, and aspects of violent crime.  In the past few years, most of my media appearances have concerned the topic of global Christianity. I was interviewed on Fox's The Beltway Boys, and on the 2003 documentary Battle for Souls (Discovery Times Channel). I have often appeared on talk radio, including NPR's All Things Considered and Fresh Air, and on various BBC and RTE programs. I have been a guest on the syndicated radio programs of Diane Rehm, Michael Medved, and James Kennedy, as well as the nationally broadcast Canadian shows Tapestry and Ideas.

 

EXPERT TESTIMONY

 

I have served as an expert witness in a number of trials and legal hearings, drawing on my knowledge of, variously, sexual abuse by clergy; cults and new religions, and designer drugs. Examples of this work include appearing as a witness in a Toronto inquest, which became a major inquiry into the regulation of rave events (May 2000). 

 

In June 2000, I testified before the Crime Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee of the US House of Representatives, which was holding hearings into Ecstasy and Other Club Drugs. My statement is online at http://www.house.gov/judiciary/jenk0615.htm. This testimony was also reprinted as Ecstasy and Synthetic Panics, in the Journal of Cognitive Liberties 1(3)(2000): 7-28.

 

In September 2006, I testified before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Energy and Commerce Committee of the US House of Representatives. The theme of the hearing was ÒSexual Exploitation of Children Over the Internet.Ó My testimony can be found at http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/Hearings/09262006hearing2039/Jenkins.pdf

 

I served as a consultant on religious matters for the US governmentÕs 2005 report Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project, online at

http://cia.gov/nic/NIC_globaltrend2020.html             

 

GRANTS AND HONORS

 

2007 – Booklist rated my GodÕs Continent one of the top ten religion titles of 2007.

-The New Faces of Christianity won Christianity TodayÕs award for the best book in the category of Missions/Global Affairs.

 

2006 - The New Faces of Christianity won the Theologos award of the Association of Theological Booksellers, for the yearÕs Best Academic Book.

-Choice listed Decade of Nightmares as an Outstanding Title for 2006.

 

2003 – My book The Next Christendom won the 2003 Christianity Today Book Award for the best book in the category of Christianity and Culture

-The Next Christendom won the Gold Medallion book award of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association in the category of Christianity and Society.

-I received Penn StateÕs Alumni Teaching Fellow Award.

 

2002 - The Next Christendom won the Theologos award of the Association of Theological Booksellers, for the yearÕs Best Academic Book.

 

1998 - Travel Grant from the Harry S. Truman Library, in Independence, MO.

-Regional Fellow award from the North-Eastern division of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

 

1997-My article Spy Mad: Investigating Subversion in Pennsylvania 1917-18 won the Philip Klein Prize of the Pennsylvania Historical Association for the best article published in 1995-96 in Pennsylvania History.

-Travel Grant from the Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL.

-Resident Research Fellow, Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, PA

 

1996 - My book Using Murder won the Outstanding Book Award of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (award presented at the ACJS national convention in Las Vegas, NV, March 1996).

-For Using Murder, I also won the Distinguished Scholar award of the Crime and Delinquency section of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (award presented in New York City, August 1996)

-I won the Class of 1933 Award for Distinguished Humanities Scholarship, Penn State University.

 

1995 - Scholar in Residence, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Funding received from Institute of Arts and Humanistic Studies, Penn State University; and from Office of Research and Graduate Studies, College of Liberal Arts, Penn State University.

 

1994 - funding from Office of Research and Graduate Studies, College of Liberal Arts, Penn State University.

 

1993 - funding from Institute of Arts and Humanistic Studies, Penn State University; and Office of Research and Graduate Studies, College of Liberal Arts, Penn State University.

 

1988 - I participated in a USIA-funded faculty exchange between Penn State and the University of Melbourne, Australia. As Visiting Professor to the Law Faculty at  Melbourne, I gave a number of presentations on both law and criminology, in addition to undertaking research.

 

1986 - My article on The Ku Klux Klan in Pennsylvania won the 1986 Solon J. Buck prize for articles on Western Pennsylvania history.

 

TEACHING

 

1980-Present:  Teaching at Pennsylvania State University on a variety of graduate and undergraduate courses in the departments of History, Religious Studies, Criminal Justice, and American Studies. For fuller information, see http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/p/jpj1/classlist.html

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

I have reviewed manuscripts for numerous publishers and scholarly journals. A full list of these can be found at http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/p/jpj1/pubrs.htm

 

PUBLIC SERVICE

 

In 2002, I served on the Commission on the Protection of Children, and Clerical Conduct, created by Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia.

 

Since 2002, I have served on the National Advisory Board of Washington National Cathedral.

 

In 2005, I was appointed to the Advisory Board of the John Templeton Foundation.

 

Member, Advisory Board, Center for Free Inquiry, Hanover College.

 

Member, Board of Advisors, Center on Culture and Civil Society (Oakland, CA).

 

I have also spoken extensively to community organizations: for details, see http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/p/jpj1/community.htm

 

 

July 2008