Steve Longenecker

Professor of History

Chair, Dept. of History and Political Science

Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia

3141 Horseshoe Lane, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. 540-433-2749 h; 540-828-5321 o.

slongene@bridgewater.edu

Education: Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D); West Virginia University (M.A); Shippensburg University (B.S.).

Major Publications:

The Brethren during the Age of World War:  A Source Book on the Church of the Brethren, 1914-1950 (The Brethren Press, 2006).

Shenandoah Religion: Outsiders and the Mainstream in the Shenandoah Valley, 1750-1861 (Baylor University Press, 2002).

Piety and Tolerance: Pennsylvania German Religion, 1700-1850. (Scarecrow Press, 1994).

Selma’s Peacemaker: Ralph E. Smeltzer and Civil Rights Mediation. (Temple University Press, 1987).

Books Edited:

The Dilemma of Anabaptist Piety: Strengthening or Straining the Bonds of Community? (Bridgewater College, 1997).

Anabaptist Currents: History in Conversation with the Present (Bridgewater College, 1995).

Member, Forum for Religious Studies.

Chair, Department of History and Political Science.

Hobbies: Baseball, Music (Saxophone), Model Trains (O gauge).

Courses Taught:

Early U.S. History

Recent U.S. History His202

History of the South  HIS 462

Slavery and Virginia His364

American Religious History His365

Seminar in Twentieth-Century U.S. Social History His380

Courses Previously Taught:  Western Civ., Baseball and American Society, Colonial and Revolutionary America, and Seminar in Nineteenth-Century U.S. Social History 

 

Updated January, 2005