Bruce Gordon

Bruce Gordon is the Titus Street Professor of Theology and Professor of Reformation History at Yale University, affiliated with the Divinity School, Department of History, and Religious Studies. He joined Yale in 2008 after serving as a professor of modern history and deputy director of the Reformation Studies Institute at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. His research focuses on late medieval and early modern religious history, with expertise in the Reformation, biography, and European religious cultures.

Education details are not explicitly listed, but his career spans academic appointments in Canada and Scotland before Yale. His research interests include Reformation theology, religious biography, and the cultural history of dissent and spirituality. Notable works include Zwingli: God’s Armed Prophet (2021), John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion (2016), and the award-winning Swiss Reformation (2002).

He has received the Choice Magazine 'Outstanding Publication' award for Swiss Reformation. Collaborations include co-editing The Oxford Handbook to Calvin and Calvinism (2021). Upcoming publications include The Bible: A Global History (2024).

His scholarly contributions extend to editing volumes and writing on early modern biblical culture, Reformation devotion, and the role of the dead in pre-modern societies. He maintains affiliations with the Reformation Studies Institute and contributes to interdisciplinary discussions on religious history and theology.