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Professor Mary Beth Mathews of the University of Mary Washington's Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion specializes in American and European religious history, with a focus on Protestant fundamentalism, African-American religions, and religion's role in politics. Her published works include:
- 2025: Contentious Unions: Black Baptist Schools and White Money in the Jim Crow South
- 2017: Doctrine and Race: African American Evangelicals and Fundamentalism Between the Wars
- 2006: Rethinking Zion: How the Print Media Placed Fundamentalism in the South
She frequently contributes to public discourse on religious and political topics, as seen in her May 2025 panel participation on Black religious life and her analysis of Mike Huckabee's political messaging. Her research on religion's evolving societal role has been featured in outlets like Religion and Politics and The Junto. While her blog posts reveal innovative teaching methods using music to explore religious theories (e.g., The Killers' "Somebody Told Me" to examine Thomas Paine's anti-revelation critiques), her syllabi prioritize institutional assessment requirements over student accessibility.
