Dr. Ted Trost, ttrost(AT)rel.as.ua.edu

Theodore L. Trost graduated from Harvard University in 1998 with a Ph.D. in the Study of Religion. His dissertation focused on the career of Douglas Horton, an American leader in the ecumenical movement during the 20th century. Previous degrees were earned at the University of Michigan (BGS), the San Francisco Theological Seminary (MDIV), and the Graduate Theological Union (MA). He also worked for nine years as a flight attendant and purser with the now defunct Pan American World Airways. Dr. Trost holds a joint appointment within the College of Arts & Sciences, being appointed to both the Department of Religious Studies and to New College. Trost teaches courses in American Religious History, Religion and Popular Culture, History of Christianity, the Bible, and Theology in Literature and Film. In addition he is a songwriter and member of the obscure rock group known as Thaddaeus Quince and the New Originals

Link to: Douglas Horton and the Ecumenical Impulse in American Religion by Theodore L. Trost