Arthur Remillard Email and Phone Number

I am an American religious historian with a background in religion and sports, religion in the American South, and civil religion(s). Currently serving as the interim Dean of STEAM at Saint Francis University, I have held roles in various administrative capacities, including Director of the Wolf-Kuhn Ethics Institute (2018-22), Associate Director of Honors (2019-24), and Department Chair (2022-24).My scholarly accomplishments include authoring Southern Civil Religions: Imagining the Good Society in the Post-Reconstruction Era, which earned the 2012 Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Award from the Florida Historical Society. Additionally, I co-edited Gods, Games, and Globalization with Rebecca Alpert, a publication by Mercer University Press in 2019. In March 2025, my book Bodies in Motion: A Religious History of Sports in America will be available from Oxford University Press.In addition to my administrative and scholarly pursuits, I have contributed to scholarly journals and edited volumes, and my insights have reached broader audiences through popular pieces in the Christian Century, Christianity Today, the Marginalia Review of Books, Sojourners, and the Washington Post. For a decade, I served as the managing editor and book review editor for the Journal of Southern Religion, and from 2013-16, I hosted an interview podcast for the Marginalia Review of Books.My teaching portfolio encompasses courses on religion and sports, interfaith literacy and leadership, medical ethics, post-apocalyptic literature, history of Christianity, and American religious history. Beyond my professional pursuits, I cherish spending time with my family and maintain a passion for distance running. While I once aspired to complete marathons in all fifty states, my current focus is on staying injury-free. For more information, please visit my webpage (http://francis.edu/arthur-remillard/) or blog (http://arthurremillard.com/).