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James E. Kirby
Professor Emeritus of Church History


Member of the Perkins faculty since 1981
jkirby@smu.edu
214.768.3322

Education
Ph.D., Drew University, 1963; S.T.M., Perkins School of Theology, 1959; Cambridge University, 1957-1958; B.D., Perkins School of Theology, 1957; B.A., McMurry University, 1954

Teaching Specialties
Christian Heritage I, II; history of Methodism; religion and American culture

Research Interests
The episcopacy in American Methodism, Methodism and slavery, religion and American culture

Selected Publications
The Methodists with Russell E. Richey and Kenneth Rowe, The Episcopacy in American Methodism, Brother Will: A Biography of William C. Martin

Professional Distinctions
President, Wesley Works Project; Dean, Drew University School of Theology; Dean, Perkins School of Theology; President ad interim, Southern Methodist Unviversity; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in Methodism; retired elder in the North Texas Conference