Participant Info

First Name
Hilde
Last Name
Løvdal Stephens
Country
Norway
State
Affiliation
University of Oslo
Website URL
https://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/personer/vit/hildlov/index.html
Keywords
American evangelicalism, post-1945 American history, conservatism, education, political culture.
Availability
Media Contact
Additional Contact Information
I live in Norway, so any international requests should take time difference into account.
PhD
PhD

Personal Info

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About Me
Recent Publications

“When God Spoke American: Norwegian Holy Ghost Religion and the North American Healing Revival, 1947-57,” American Studies in Scandinavia 57, no. 1 (2025): 47–65.

“Praising God and Playing Politics: New Stories in the Transnational Turn in the Study of Twentieth-Century American Evangelicalism,” Reviews in American History 53, no. 1 (2025): 74-84.

With Gerardo Marti. “Public Schools, Critical Race Theory (CRT), and the Christian Right: How Trump Refueled Family Value Politics.” In Anand E. Sokhey and Paul A. Djupe, Trump, White Evangelical Christians, and American Politics, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024.

“Mødre mot makta: Norma Gabler og kristenpoplismen in USA.” In Graff-Kallevåg, Kristin, Sven Thore Kloster, and Sturla J. Stålsett. Populisme og kristendom. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2021.

With Randall J. Stephens.  “Guds Mann I Det hvite Hus?” Kirke og kultur 124, no. 2 (2019): 111-22.

Family Matters: James Dobson and Focus on the Family’s Crusade for the Christian Home. University of Alabama Press, 2019.

“‘Tearing Down the Walls of Segregation’: Race, Conservatism, and Evangelical Rap.” Journal of American Studies 52, no. 4 (2018): 1043-065.

“Money Matters and Family Matters.” In Religion and the Marketplace in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.

Media Coverage
Country Focus
USA
Expertise by Geography
North America
Expertise by Chronology
20th century
Expertise by Topic
Family, Gender, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Women