is the LeRoy A. Martin Distinguished Professor of ReligiousStudies Emeritus, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. A past president of the American Society of Church History, he has written or edited more than 20 books on American religious life. His most recentis Introducing American Religion, which appeared in 2009.Charles H. Lippy is the LeRoy A. Martin Distinguished Professor of ReligiousStudies Emeritus, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. A past president of the American Society of Church History, he has written or edited more than 20 books on American religious life. His most recent is Introducing American Religion , which appeared in 2009.