Amber Thomas Reynolds

Amber Thomas Reynolds received a Ph.D. in the history of Christianity from the University of Edinburgh. Her current project focuses on the emergence and post-World War II cultural shifts in the American-evangelical mantra, “God has a plan for your life,” from its nineteenth-century emergence to its cultural evolution in the later twentieth century. The themes this encompasses are many and varied—including providence and vocation, the modern missionary movement, parachurch ministries, the conflict between fundamentalism and neo-evangelicalism, the Cold War, popular culture, youth culture, consumerism, changing women’s roles, increasing attention to social issues and race, and the ethical shift from “self-denial” to “self-fulfillment” in American culture. Additional areas of research include the global charismatic movement and single Christian women’s place in church history.