Benjamin T Lynerd
Department of Political Science - Honors Program
Associate Professor
McMurran Hall 359B
(757) 594-8328
benjamin.lynerd@cnu.edu
Education
- Ph D in Political Science, University of Chicago
- MA in Social Science, University of Chicago
- BA in Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park
Teaching
Political theory, American politics
Research
History of political thought, American political thought, Religion and politics, Democratic theory
Selected Accomplishments
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Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2023). Emancipation, the Ager Publicus and Black Political Thought. American Political Thought. Volume, 12. Issue, 1. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2023). "A Natural Right to the Soil": Black Abolitionists and the Meaning of Freedom. Journal of Black Studies. Volume, 54. Issue, 1. -
Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
(2021). Immortality and Angst in Tocqueville's America. Routledge. Pages, 18. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2021). Frederick Douglass and the African American Epistle. Journal of Church and State. Volume, 62. Issue, 3. Pages, 18. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2020). "A Distant Mirror": Sense-making in the Era of Trump. Leadership. Volume, 17. Issue, 2. Pages, 212-229. -
Newspaper
(2020). Consider the duties of citizenship this year. Va Pilot and Daily Press. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2019). Republican Ideology and the Black Labor Movement, 1869-1872. Phylon. Volume, 56. Issue, 2. Pages, pp. 19-36. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2018). Democratic Opposition to the Constitution: A Swiss Counterproposal from the Maryland Farmer. American Political Thought. Volume, 7. Issue, 2. Pages, 28. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2016). The Purpose-Driven Darwinist: Henry Ward Beecher and the Tehology of Progress. Political Theology. Volume, 17. -
Book, Scholarly-New
(2014). Republican Theology: The Civil Religion of American Evangelicals. Oxford University Press.