Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2010-11-09

Historian and educator John Wigger is this year鈥檚 recipient of the John Pollock Award for Christian Biography given by 色虎视频鈥檚 Beeson Divinity School.

Dr. Wigger won for his 2009 book, American Saint: Francis Asbury and the Methodists (Oxford University Press).

Wigger is professor of history at the University of Missouri, where his teaching and research interests focus on American religious and cultural history. He is also the author of Taking Heaven by Storm: Methodism and the Rise of Popular Christianity In America, 1770-1820.听

The Pollock Award honors Christian biographer John C. Pollock, a British writer whose more than 30 books on religion include The Billy Graham Story and many other biographies. The award is presented annually to the author of the year鈥檚 outstanding Christian biography.

Beeson dean Dr. Timothy George will present the award to Wigger during a ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 11.

 
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