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Mary Beth Swetnam Mathews, Associate Professor of Religion, earned a Ph.D. (2002) and an M.A. (2000) in European and American religious history from the University of Virginia, after receiving an A.B. (1986) in government and religion from the College of William and Mary.
Dr. Mathews is knowledgeable about American religious history, Protestant fundamentalism and evangelicalism, African-American religions, and religion and politics in the United States. Her published work includes Rethinking Zion: How the Print Media Placed Fundamentalism in the South, and she has given presentations at numerous conferences.
Dr. Mathews is a member of the American Society of Church History, Organization of American Historians, American Academy of Religion, and the American Historical Association. Her work experience includes employment with a U.S. Senator and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Mary Beth Mathews Presents at Yale
Mary Beth Mathews, associate professor of religion, presented “‘What is the Matter with White Baptists?’ : African Americans’ Initial Encounters with Fundamentalism” at the International Fundamentals: Early Fundamentalism and the American Century Conference at Yale University.Dreiss, Tweedy & Mathews Participate in Humanities Conference
Three UMW faculty participated in the recent Virginia Humanities Conference at Christopher Newport University on Friday, March 16. Professor of Art History Joseph Dreiss presented a paper, "The Landscape Interventions of Any Goldsworthy," while Associate Professor of English Danny Tweedy delivered a paper entitled, "Faith and Ecology: Spirituality versus Eco-collapse in Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower." Mary Beth Mathews, associate professor of religion, served as UMW's delegate to the VHC.
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