Heather Warren

I study the history of American religious life. I am fascinated with the way people respond out of their faith commitments to pressing social and political challenges, and how social and political challenges in turn shape people’s commitments in thought and deed. I am also an active outdoorswoman who has hiked the entirety of the Appalachian Trail (AT), and I now maintain a section of the AT in the Shenandoah National Park. My interests in American religion and the outdoors have led me to ask such questions as, What do religion and nature have to do with each other in America? How do people’s ideas about the divine affect their ideas, ethics, and actions regarding the environment? I look forward to teaching in the Engagements because I find it exciting to delve into these and related questions with students.