David Edwin Harrell

David Edwin Harrell Jr. (born 1930)[1] is an American historian who is best known for his scholarship of Religion in the United States. He is a Professor Emeritus at Auburn University, where he served as the Breeden Eminent Scholar of Southern History[2] and retired in 2006.[3] He has written biographies of Oral Roberts, Pat Robertson, and Homer Hailey, as well as other works about Pentecostalism and the Charismatic movement.[4] In 2006, he published Unto a Good Land: A History of the American People, a college textbook that discusses the effects of religion in the history of the United States.[3]

David Edwin Harrell
Born (1930-02-22) February 22, 1930
EducationDavid Lipscomb College, B.A. 1954; Vanderbilt University, M.A. 1958, Ph.D. 1962
OccupationAuthor, historian
Organization
Known forScholarship of American religion
Spouse(s)
Adelia Roberts
(m. 1956)
Children5

Harrell was born in Jacksonville, Florida to parents David Edwin (a physician) and Mildred Lee Harrel (a homemaker).[1] He attended David Lipscomb College as an undergraduate, and Vanderbilt University as a graduate student. He received a Ph.D. in 1962.[5]

References

  1. "Harrell, David Edwin, Jr. 1930–". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  2. McCoy, Janet (November 9, 1991). "Religious persecution". TimesDaily. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  3. Garrison, Greg (March 18, 2006). "Textbook places an emphasis on faith". TimesDaily. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  4. Banks, Adelle (July 9, 2010). "Biographer takes close look at many sides of Pat Robertson". The Houston Chronicle. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  5. "Ed Harrell". Former Professors. Auburn University Department of History. Retrieved June 2, 2015.


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