Professor Emeritus Thomas Tweed Wins Philip Schaff Prize for 2025 Book

Author: Brigid Iannelli

A portrait photo of a man with glasses and a beard next to the bookcover for Religion in the Lands that Became America: A New History by Thomas A. Tweed.A portrait photo of a man with glasses and a beard next to the bookcover for Religion in the Lands that Became America: A New History by Thomas A. Tweed.

Professor Emeritus of American Studies Thomas Tweed was recently awarded the Philip Schaff Prize by the American Society of Church History for his 2025 book Religion in the Lands That Became America: A New History. The prize honors the best book in the history of Christianity by a North American scholar from the previous calendar year.