John Fea Associate Professor of American History

Current Syllabi (Fall 2008) HIS 141: US History to 1865 Early American Republic Past Syllabi: HIS 342: America in an Age of Revolution HIS 341: Colonial America HIS 324: Civil War America HON 497: The Culture of Consumption in American Life HIS 339: Immigrant America HIS: 335: Age of Jefferson and Jackson Vita and Research Links: Databases/Research Consumer Culture Links Early America Civil War Faith and Scholarship Messiah College Home Messiah College History Dept

John Fea Box 3051 Department of History Messiah College One College Avenue Grantham, PA 17027 717-766-2511 ext. 2253 jfea@messiah.edu BOOK WEBSITE AND BLOG www.philipvickersfithian.com Check/bookmark for reviews, speaking, updates, and commentary The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America (U of Pennsylvania Press,  2008) Check it Out .

Pennsylvania Monument at the Gettysburg Battlefield (Photo by Neil Roberts) Recent  Short Writings "Candidates Duck Issue on Faith's Influence," Harrisburg Patriot-News, August 19, 2008 "A Sheep in Sheep's Clothing," (The Faith of John McCain) SOMA: A Review of Religion and Culture, Aug. 22, 2008 "Thirty Years of Light and Glory: The Perils of Providential History,"  Touchstone, July/Aug 2008 The Limits of Cosmopolitanism in Early America, History News Network, May 26, 2008 "The Politics of Compassion, The Bridge, Spring 2008 "The Way of Improvement Leads Home" Blog Religion and American History Blog (Contributing Editor).  WINNER OF THE 2007 CLIOPATRIA AWARD FOR BEST NEW HISTORY BLOG! PA Commonwealth Speaker,  2008-2009: Available for Two Talks: "Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?" or Patriots in Love: Courtship, Marriage and the American Revolution Odds and Ends You Might be an Historian If....