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Department of Religion
Tufts University
126 Curtis Street
Room 302
Medford, MA 02155
Tel: 617-627-2237
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Heather Curtis
Assistant Professor
Heather Curtis received her doctorate in the history of
Christianity, with an emphasis on North American religions, from Harvard
University in the spring of 2005. Her research and teaching interests include
movements of religious healing; exploring the intersections of religion and the
natural, medical and human sciences; gender and women's studies in religion; the
religious history of American children and youth; and the study of spirituality
and devotional practice. Prior to coming to Tufts, Professor Curtis was a
Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer on American Religious History at Harvard
University (2005-2007). She also served as a project participant in the History
of American Christian Practice Project (2002-2005).
Education
Th.D. Harvard University,
M.A. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
B.A. University of Virginia
Research Interests
- American Religious History
- Religion, Health and Healing
- Evangelical, Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity
- Gender and Women's Studies in Religion
- Religion and Science in Western Culture
Courses
- History of Christianity
- History of Religion in America
- Women and Religion in America
Publication Highlights
Books:
Articles:
- "Houses of Healing: Sacred Space, Spiritual
Practice and the Transformation of Female Suffering in the Faith Cure Movement,
1870-1890," Church History (September 2006):
598-611.
- "'Acting Faith': Divine Healing as Devotional Practice in
Late-Nineteenth-Century Protestantism," in Practicing Protestants: Histories
of the Christian Life in America, ed. Laurie Maffly-Kipp, Leigh Schmidt, and
Mark Valeri (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006),
137-158.
- "Children of
the Heavenly King: Hymns in the Religious and Social Experience of Children,
1780-1850," in Sing Them Over Again To Me: Hymns and Hymn Books in America,
ed. Edith L. Blumhofer and Mark A. Noll (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama
Press, 2006), 214-234.
- "Visions of Self, Success and Society among Young Men in Antebellum Boston,"
Church History 73:3 (September 2004): 613-634.
- "Religion and Community Structures (Race, Gender and Class)
during the Period of American Empire (1803- 1898)" in Religion in America
History, ed. John Corrigan and Amanda Porterfield (New York: Blackwel Press,
forthcoming).
- "Healing, Belief and Interpretation in 19th-Century
Protestant America," in Spiritual Healing: Science, Meaning, and Discernment,
ed. Sarah Coakley (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, forthcoming).
- "Theologies of Evolution and Cooperation in
Late-Nineteenth-Century America," in Evolution, Games and God: The Principle
of Cooperation, eds. Sarah Coakley and Martin Nowak (Harvard University
Press, forthcoming).
Major Awards
- Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize from the American
Society of Church History, 2008.
- Science and the Spirit: Pentecostal Perspectives on the
Science/Religion Dialogue Research Grant (John Templeton Foundation), 2006-2008.
- Charlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship, 2003-2004.
- Center for the Study of World Religions Dissertation
Fellowship, Harvard University, 2003-2004.
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