Dull Habit or Acute Fever? William James and the Protestant Conversion Crisis

Dr. Bill J. Leonard presents the 2015 William James Lecture.
Leonard’s research focuses on church history with particular attention to American religion, Baptist studies, and Appalachian religion. In addition to a variety of articles in journals and monographs, he is the author or editor of some 22 books including Christianity in Appalachia (1999); Baptist Ways: A History (2003); The Challenge of Being Baptist (2010); and Can I Get a Witness?: Essays, Sermons and Reflections (2013). His newest book, A Sense of the Heart: Christian Religious Experience in the U.S., was published by Abingdon Press in October 2014.
00:00 Welcome by Dean David N. Hempton, Harvard Divinity School
04:12 Introduction by Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, Harvard University and Professor of Religion and Society, Harvard Divinity School
09:21 Dr. Bill J. Leonard, James and Marilyn Dunn Professor of Baptist Studies and Professor of Church History, Wake Forest School of Divinity
55:37 Q&A
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