Lewis V. Baldwin is a native of Alabama and received his B.A. in history from Talladega College. He then received an M.A. degree in Black Church Studies followed by a M.Div. degree in Theology at Colgate-Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, New York. In 1980 Dr. Baldwin earned a Ph.D. degree in American Christianity from Northwestern University. He has taught at Wooster College in Ohio, Colgate University in New York, Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, and currently is Professor Emeritus in Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Baldwin is the author of over sixty articles and several books. He and his wife live in Nashville, Tennessee.
