American Society of Church History

The American Society of Church History (ASCH) was founded in 1888[1] with the disciplines of Christian denominational and ecclesiastical history as its focus. Today the society's interests include the broad range of the critical scholarly perspectives, as applied to the history of Christianity and its relationship to surrounding cultures in all periods, locations, and contexts. The society was founded by Philip Schaff.

American Society of Church History

Abbreviation	ASCH
Formation	1888 (1888)
Founder	Philip Schaff
Founded at	New York City, New York, US[1]
Type	Learned society
Region	United States
Field	Ecclesiastical history
Membership (2020)	1,600[2]
President	Daniel Ramírez
Executive secretary	Caleb Maskell[2][3]
Affiliations	American Council of Learned Societies[4] American Historical Association[2]
Revenue (2018–19)	$260,753[5]
Expenses (2018–19)	$188,354[6]
Endowment (2019)	$483,408[7]
Website	churchhistory.org

The ASCH records are housed at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ASCH publishes the quarterly academic journal Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture, which was established in 1932.[8][9]

Presidents

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• 1888: Philip Schaff[1][10]
• 1932: William Warren Sweet[11]
• 1933: Conrad Henry Moehlman[12]
• 1934: Frederick William Loetscher[13]
• 1935: John T. McNeill
• 1936: Wilhelm Pauck[14]
• 1937: Herbert Schneider[15]
• 1938: Reuben E. E. Harkness[16]
• 1939: Charles Lyttle[17]
• 1940: Roland Bainton[18]
• 1941: F. W. Buckler[19]
• 1942: E. R. Hardy Jr.[20]
• 1943: Harold S. Bender[21]
• 1944: Percy V. Norwood[22]
• 1945: Kenneth Scott Latourette[23]
• 1946: Matthew Spinka[24]
• 1947: Ernest G. Schwiebert[25]
• 1949: Massey H. Shepherd[26]
• 1950: James Hastings Nichols[27]
• 1951: Ray C. Petry[28]
• 1953: Sidney Mead[29]
• 1954: Carl E. Schneider[30]
• 1955: L. J. Trinterud[31]
• 1956: Quirinus Breen[32]
• 1957: H. Shelton Smith[33]
• 1958: George Huntston Williams[34]
• 1959: Robert T. Handy[35][36]
• 1960: Jerald C. Brauer[37][38]
• 1961: Harold J. Grimm[39]
• 1962: Lefferts A. Loetscher[40][41]
• 1963: Raymond W. Albright[42]
• 1964: Albert C. Outler[43]
• 1965: Jaroslav Pelikan[44]
• 1967: Richard Cameron[45]
• 1969: John Tracy Ellis[46]
• 1970: Robert M. Grant[47]
• 1971: Martin E. Marty[48]
• 1972: Carl Bangs[49]
• 1973: William A. Clebsch[50][51]
• 1974: Clyde L. Manschreck[52]
• 1975: Sydney E. Ahlstrom[53]
• 1976: John F. Wilson[54][55]
• 1977: Lewis W. Spitz[56][57]
• 1978: Edwin S. Gaustad[58][59]
• 1979: Brian A. Gerrish[60]
• 1980: Robert M. Kingdon[61]
• 1981: William R. Hutchison[62]
• 1982: C. C. Goen[63][64]
• 1983: Jane Dempsey Douglass[65][66]
• 1984: Henry W. Bowden[67]
• 1985: David C. Steinmetz[68]
• 1986: Winton U. Solberg[69]
• 1987: Jay P. Dolan[70]
• 1988: William J. Courtenay[71]
• 1989: Elizabeth A. Clark[65][72]
• 1990: Timothy L. Smith[73]
• 1991: Richard L. Greaves[74]
• 1992: George Marsden[75]
• 1993–1994: Nathan O. Hatch[76][77]
• 1994–1995: Stephen J. Stein[78][79]
• 1995–1996: Bernard McGinn[80][81][82]
• 1996–1997: Barbara Brown Zikmund[65][83][84]
• 1997–1998: Richard Kieckhefer[85][86]
• 1998–1999: Peter W. Williams[87][88]
• 1999–2000: Ronald L. Numbers[89][90]
• 2000–2001: Hans J. Hillerbrand[91][92]
• 2001–2002: Amanda Porterfield[65][93][94]
• 2002–2003: E. Brooks Holifield[95][96][97]
• 2003–2004: Dale A. Johnson[98][99]
• 2004–2005: Dennis Dickerson[65][100][101]
• 2005–2006: Mark Noll[102][103]
• 2006–2007: Jan Shipps[65][104][105]
• 2007–2008: John Van Engen[10][106]
• 2008–2009: Grant Wacker[107][108]
• 2009–2010: Charles H. Lippy[109][110][111]
• 2010–2011: Richard P. Heitzenrater[112][113]
• 2011–2012: Barbara Newman[65][114][115]
• 2012–2013: Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp[65][116][117]
• 2013–2014: Bruce Hindmarsh[118][119]
• 2014–2015: Thomas F. X. Noble[120][121]
• 2015–2016: Margaret Bendroth[65][122][123]
• 2016–2017: Ronald Rittgers[124][125]
• 2017–2018: Candy Gunther Brown[65][126][127]
• 2018–2019: Ralph Keen[128][129]
• 2019: Paul C. H. Lim[130]
• 2020–present: Daniel Ramírez[2][3][131]

References

1. Zikmund, Barbara Brown (1997). "Faith and History: Reflections on the Work of the ASCH". Church History. 66 (2): 287. doi:10.2307/3170659. ISSN 1755-2613. JSTOR 3170659.
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5. Bademan, Bryan (2020). "Finance Secretary's Report to the Membership". American Society of Church History. p. 3. Archived from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
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Further reading

• Bowden, Henry Warner (1971). Church History in the Age of Science: Historiographical Patterns in the United States, 1876–1918. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-1176-4. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
• Zikmund, Barbara Brown (1997). "Faith and History: Reflections on the Work of the ASCH". Church History. 66 (2): 284–302. doi:10.2307/3170659. ISSN 1755-2613. JSTOR 3170659.

External links

• Official website