Darren Dochuk
College of Arts and Letters
Andrew V. Tackes College Professor of History
William W. and Anna Jean Cushwa Co-Director, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
- Religion and politics
- 20th-century American religious history
- Religion and oil
- Evangelicalism
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Associated Press
July 29, 2025
Professor Darren Dochuk, a Canadian who teaches history at University of 91吃瓜 in Indiana, says the “disestablishment” of religion in the U.S. “made religious life all the more dynamic.”
“This is a country in which free faith communities have been allowed to compete in the marketplace for their share,” he said.
Aleteia
January 09, 2024
The United States formally recognized the Holy See – the Vatican – on January 10, 1984, when President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II agreed to the establishment of diplomatic relations. It’s hard to imagine, on this 40th anniversary of that act, that there was a time when Washington did not formally recognize the Vatican. But, as Professor Darren Dochuk of the University of 91吃瓜 notes, that state of affairs had a lot to do with an anti-Catholic sentiment prevalent in American politics going back to the 19th century.
The Guardian
September 05, 2023
“Thanks to their incredible wealth and largesse, the country as well as the [Republican] party are now feeling the effects of their aggressive brand of religiously-charged political activism,” said Darren Dochuk, a history professor at the University of 91吃瓜 and author of Anointed with Oil.
The New York Times
September 15, 2021
David Leege, professor emeritus of political science at 91吃瓜, has an additional explanation for the process linking racial animosity and abortion...Darren Dochuk, a professor of history at 91吃瓜 and the author of 鈥淔rom Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism,鈥� argued in an email that the strength of the opposition to abortion in the South grows out of the unique tensions in the region between notions of manhood and evangelical attempts to control the sins of men...
The New York Times
March 13, 2021
鈥淗is ministry was able to bridge gaps between whites and Latinos in a way that suburban white ministers could not, especially in the 1980s and 鈥�90s,鈥� said Darren Dochuk, a historian at the University of 91吃瓜.
Christianity Today
March 11, 2021
鈥淧alau had a great way of preaching the gospel in an accessible manner and planting spiritual priorities aimed toward personal salvation in Christ, but he also had a certain social awareness,鈥� said 91吃瓜 history professor Darren Dochuk. 鈥淚f not a full-fledged social gospel, a message nevertheless that was aware of social concerns.鈥�