Stewart J. Brown

Stewart J. Brown
Born	1951
Awards	FRHistS, FRSE
Academic background
Education	University of Illinois, University of Edinburgh, University of Chicago (PhD)
Academic work
Institutions	University of Edinburgh, Northwestern University, University of Georgia

Stewart Jay Brown FRSE FRHistS (born 1951) is a British historian and Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Edinburgh. He is known for his works on the history of Christianity.

Career

Brown is a former president of the Scottish Church History Society (1998-2001) and the Ecclesiastical History Society (2016–17) and a former co-editor of the Scottish Historical Review.[1][2]

Books

• Providence and Empire: Religion, Society and Politics in the United Kingdom 1815-1914, Longman/Pearson 2008
• W. T. Stead: Nonconformist and Newspaper Prophet, Oxford University Press 2019

Edited

• The Oxford Movement: Europe and the Wider World 1830–1930, Cambridge University Press 2012
• Religion, Identity and Conflict in Britain: From the Restoration to the Twentieth Century, Ashgate Publishing 2013
• The Oxford Handbook of the Oxford Movement, Oxford University Press 2017
• The Church and Empire, Cambridge University Press 2018

References

1. "W T Stead: Nonconformist and Newspaper Prophet". The University of Edinburgh. 25 September 2019.
2. Talbot, Brian (April 2021). "Stewart J. Brown, W. T. Stead: Nonconformist and Newspaper Prophet". Scottish Church History. pp. 70–73. doi:10.3366/sch.2021.0048.

External links

• "Dr Stewart J. Brown". The University of Edinburgh. 7 January 2021.

Professional and academic associations
Preceded by Simon Ditchfield	President of the Ecclesiastical History Society 2016–2017	Succeeded by Morwenna Ludlow