Hein, David 1954-

PERSONAL:

Born October 2, 1954, in Baltimore, MD; son of Charles L. and Ruth G. Hein. Ethnicity: "White." Education: University of Virginia, B.A., 1976, Ph.D., 1982; University of Chicago, M.A., 1977. Religion: Anglican.

ADDRESSES:

Home—305 Grove Blvd., Frederick, MD, 21701. Office—Department of Religion and Philosophy, Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick, MD 21701. E-mail—hein@hood.edu.

CAREER:

Hood College, Frederick, MD, began as assistant professor, became professor of religion and philosophy, 1983—, department chair, 1988—, interim codean of academic affairs, 2000-01. St. Paul's School, Brooklandville, MD, member of board of trustees, 1996-2004.

MEMBER:

American Academy of Religion, American Society of Church History, Historical Society of the Episcopal Church.

WRITINGS:

(With Hans J. Morgenthau) Essays on Lincoln's Faith and Politics, edited by Kenneth W. Thompson, University Press of America (Lanham, MD), 1983.

(Editor) A Student's View of the College of St. James on the Eve of the Civil War: The Letters of W. Wilkins Davis, Edwin Mellen (Lewiston, NY), 1988.

(Editor) Readings in Anglican Spirituality, Forward Movement (Cincinnati, OH), 1991.

Noble Powell and the Episcopal Establishment in the Twentieth Century, University of Illinois Press (Champaign, IL), 2001.

(With Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr.) The Episcopalians, Praeger Publishers (Westport, CT), 2004.

(Editor, with Edward Hugh Henderson) Captured by the Crucified: The Practical Theology of Austin Farrer, T. and T. Clark (New York, NY), 2004.

Geoffrey Fisher: Archbishop of Canterbury, 1945-1961, Pickwick/Wipf and Stock (Eugene, OR), 2007.

Contributor of more than forty articles to periodicals, including Modern Age, Mississippi Quarterly, Cross Currents, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Christian Century, and Theology.

SIDELIGHTS:

David Hein told CA: "With very few exceptions, my writing projects have been undertaken with one goal in mind: to inquire into a subject and to say something reasonably true and interesting about it that others couldn't or wouldn't say. John Updike talked about being ‘drawn to dusty and seldom-visited corners.’ Often, for me, this concern has meant taking on subjects that were not trendy—though some of these areas of inquiry (such as the focus of my early work: Abraham Lincoln's theological outlook) did become much more popular later on (usually when I had moved on to other things). I have loved the feeling that I was helpfully adding, if not to ‘knowledge’ exactly, then at least to a thoughtful conversation.

"Still, I have wondered lately how much this effort really matters. Are too many books being published, too many series launched? Are even small colleges, which used to stress teaching and citizenship, emphasizing publication too much? I sometimes think that, especially when I was younger, I should have focused less on career (including publication) and more on other things. In any case, I am anxious that my work serve a dual audience: not just a few hundred academics, but also intelligent, thoughtful readers beyond the academy."