Thomas S. Kidd | |
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Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
Nationality | American |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | From Puritan to Evangelical : Changing Culture in New England, 1689-1740 (2001) |
Doctoral advisor | George Marsden |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
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Institutions | |
Main interests | 18th-century North American evangelicalism |
Thomas S. Kidd (born 1971) is an American historian, currently a Distinguished Professor at Baylor University[1][2] and Distinguished professor of Church History at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.[3] Before becoming a professor, Kidd studied at the University of Notre Dame. He is a notable historian and author of such books as George Whitefield, a biography on the 18th-century Anglo-American preacher. Kidd credits George Whitefield as being "profoundly influential on the American nation's founding."[4]