Jeffrey Burton Russell

Jeffrey Burton Russell (Ph.D., Emory University) is professor emeritus of history at the University of California-Santa Barbara, where he taught from 1979 to 1988. He has also taught at the University of Mexico, Harvard, University of California-Riverside, Notre Dame and California State University-Sacramento. Russell has published numerous books and articles in his area of expertise, the history of theology. Early in his academic career, Russell was honored as a Fulbright Fellow, Harvard Junior Fellow and Guggenheim Fellow. — biography from Exposing Myths About Christianity: A Guide to Answering 145 Viral Lies and Legends… (more)