Philip Jenkins

Dr. Philip Jenkins is Distinguished Professor of History, and Co-Director of the Program on Historical Studies of Religion at Baylor University. He works in several diverse fields, with major current interests that include the studies of global Christianity, past and present; new and emerging religious movements; and Late Modern U.S. history, chiefly post-1975. Dr. Jenkins holds a PhD from Cambridge University and has published thirty books, which have been translated into sixteen languages. These most recent include He Will Save You from the Deadly Pestilence: The Many Lives of Psalm 91 (Oxford University Press, 2022); Climate, Catastrophe, and Faith: How Changes in Climate Drive Religious Upheaval (Oxford University Press, 2021); A Global History of the Cold War 1945-1991 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021); Fertility and Faith: The Demographic Revolution That Is Transforming All The World’s Religions (Baylor University Press, 2020); Rethinking a Nation: The United States in the 21st Century (Macmillan/Red Globe, 2019); and Crucible of Faith: The Ancient Revolution That Made Our Modern Religious World (Basic Books, 2017).