Molly Worthen is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Worthen’s research focuses on North American religious and intellectual history. Her most recent book Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism examines American evangelical intellectual life since 1945. She writes regularly about religion, politics and higher education for the New York Times and has also contributed to Politico, The New Yorker, Slate, the American Prospect, Foreign Policy, and other publications. Worthen is currently working on a book about the history of charisma in America since 1600.
