Jon Butler

Jon Butler is an Adjunct Research Professor of History at the University of Minnesota and Howard R. Lamar Professor Emeritus at Yale University. His research focuses on American religious history and denominational development. He has authored influential books including 'Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People' and co-authored 'Religion in American Life: A Short History'. Butler served as President of the Organization of American Historians (2015-2016) and is currently writing 'God in Gotham', exploring religion in Manhattan from the Gilded Age to 1960.

Butler's work examines the intersection of religion, society, and culture in colonial and revolutionary America. His publications appear in leading journals including the Journal of American History and American Historical Review.