A broad and accessible history of religion in Texas, from the cosmological rock art of the First Texans to the conservative politics of Christian nationalists

“An impressive work that deserves the careful attention of anyone interested in the history of Texas” – Robert Wuthnow

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Assistant Professor of American History at The University of North Texas.

Author of One State Under God: A History of Religion in Texas (University of Texas Press, 2026) and Making the Bible Belt: Texas Prohibitionists and the Politicization of Southern Religion (Oxford University Press, 2017).

Co-creator of The American Yawp: A Massively Collaborative Open U.S. History Textbook (Stanford University Press, 2019/2026)

Email: josephllocke@gmail.com
CV (pdf): Curriculum Vitae

Joseph L. Locke