Peter Choi
Associate Professor of American Religious History, Center for Faith and Justice
Peter Choi is Associate Professor of American Religious History at the Center for Faith and Justice. He has taught history of Christianity courses at Calvin Theological Seminary and the University of Notre Dame. Prior to that, he served for seven years as a pastor in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
A historian of eighteenth century North America, Peter’s areas of specialization include transatlantic revival religion, early evangelicalism, and world Christianity. His research has been funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Huntington Library, and the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
M.Div., Calvin Theological Seminary
B.A., Pomona College
Subverting Faith: Early Evangelicals and the Making of Race (under contract with Oxford University Press)
George Whitefield: Evangelist for God and Empire (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2018).
“The City’s Grace,” in Urban Ministry Reconsidered: Contexts and Approaches (Westminster John Knox Press, 2018).
“Whitefield, Georgia, and the Quest for Bethesda College,” in George Whitefield: Life, Context, and Legacy (Oxford University Press, 2016).
“Revival Preacher, Pop Idol, and Revolutionary, Too?” Books & Culture 21.1 (January/February 2014): 17.