Tom Whittaker teaches history at LeTourneau University in East Texas. Although very much a historian, he is also deeply interested in exploring the world of
contemporary Christian life, practice, politics, and theology in
the United States and around the world, especially in the complicated, conflicted network of churches and institutions that go by the name "evangelical." He is trained as an American religious historian, with a PhD in the Study of Religion from Harvard University, an MA from the University of Chicago Divinity School, and a BA from the University of Chicago.