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William Schultz is a historian of American religion with a focus on the intersection of religion, politics, and capitalism. He is currently completing a book titled 'Jesus Springs: Evangelical Capitalism and the Fate of an American City,' which examines how evangelical Christianity and free-market capitalism have transformed Colorado Springs into a center of American conservatism. His project, 'Wages of Sin: Faith, Fraud, and Religious Freedom in Modern America,' utilizes case studies of financial fraud from the 1920s to the 1990s to investigate how Americans have grappled with questions regarding religious authority and authenticity. Before joining the University of Chicago, Schultz served as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and was a faculty fellow at Harvard University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and a Ph.D. from Princeton University.
Department of Philosophy