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• Stephens, Randall James (2026). "Anti-Communism, Anti-Catholicism, and Holiness-Pentecostalism in the Mid-Twentieth- Century United States". I Bundy, David; Hammond, Geordan & Han, David (Red.), Social Engagement in the Holiness and Pentecostal Movements. Penn State University Press. ISSN 9780271101996. s. 195–221. doi: https:/www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-10199-6.html. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Pentecostal communities are often characterized as focused on personal salvation to the exclusion of engagement with society and culture at large. But as the contributions to this volume show, there is an astoundingly diverse array of traditions that identify with the Holiness, Radical Holiness, or Pentecostal movements, and each brings with it a long and complex history of social engagement—and, at times, disengagement—that needs to be examined in historical context. Accordingly, this volume explores how churches (and individuals) influenced by Holiness and Pentecostal thought have offered aid to the needy, advocated for social justice, and situated themselves politically, all while navigating their own marginalization as religious communities. The chapters plumb histories of abolition, racial justice, rescue missions, and cultural politics—from African Methodism as a fulcrum for Black liberation to the Pentecostal practice of providing sanctuary for undocumented migrants, the Salvation Army’s fraught internationalism, and the development of blues, jazz, and gospel in the Sanctified churches. The book does not offer a single theological vision but rather unfurls for readers the richness of the Pentecostal, Holiness, and Radical Holiness movements’ pluralistic engagements with societies in their various contexts. In addition to the editors, the contributors to this volume include Rebecca Carter-Chand, Dale M. Coulter, Dara Coleby Delgado, Dennis C. Dickerson, Amanda Koch, John Maiden, Priscilla Pope-Levison, Daniel Ramírez, and Randall J. Stephens.

• Balbier, Uta; Long, Emma; Shapiro, Stephen & Stephens, Randall James (2026). Dialogue: Teaching Religion in US Histories and Cultures. I Hunt, Megan & Plath, Lydia (Red.), Teaching American Studies in Britain: Perspectives and Possibilities. Edinburgh University Press. ISSN 9781399551410. s. 87–99. doi: https:/edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-teaching-american-studies-in-britain.html. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Exploring the varied approaches to teaching American Studies in Britain today, the contributors in this volume examine how we can use critical pedagogies to empower our students to disrupt the status quo, challenge boundaries and see the United States—and the world—from new perspectives. Using a range of formats, including essays, case studies and dialogues, it explores what American Studies methodologies mean to both staff and students in UK higher education, and the possibilities that they offer in the classroom and beyond.

• Stephens, Randall James; Chaves, João B.; Maiden, John; Stowe, David W. & Payne, Leah (2026). Roundtable on Leah Payne, God Gave Rock and Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024). Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. ISSN 0009-6407. 94(3), s. 555–571. doi: 10.1017/s0009640725101819. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  In the volatile year 1968, just weeks after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, an editor in the Roanoke World-News noted a strange new pop cultural phenomenon. Christian folk and rock music had arrived. Jonathan Guest, an Anglican pastor from Liverpool, and Chuck Hess, a Roanoke, Virginia man, had begun to perform for teen groups and college students. “We are reaching young people in their idiom with their type of music,” Chuck exclaimed. Put simply, Chuck believed that “if Christianity is to be relevant, it must be relevant today, and we think we can make it so with new forms of music and lyrics.” ( World-News , June 29, 1968) Others who joined the early God rock craze included the shambling amateur pop rock group the Crusaders, the psychedelic rockers Mind Garage, and the young rockabilly gospel shouter Isabel Baker. From these inauspicious beginnings, Christian pop music would develop into a billion-dollar industry by the 1990s.

• Stephens, Randall James (2026). "Pop Culture". I Dochuk, Darren & Dyke, Ian E. Van (Red.), The Routledge History of Evangelical Christianity in America - 1st Edi. Routledge. ISSN 9781032695723. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Throughout the twentieth century, evangelicals had a complicated relationship with pop culture. Believers distanced themselves from secular entertainment and what they considered its sinful allures. However, they eventually created their own pop culture, using music, film, television, comics, and video games to spread the gospel. At the heart of the movement was a tension that helped define evangelicalism. How would they relate to the world around them, they asked. Rock and roll music, once scorned, was sanctified by the 1960s and made into a powerful part of the cause. By the late twentieth century, Christian bookstores, symbols of Christian consumer culture, housed records, CDs, tapes, films, magazines, and apparel, along with all manner of other goods. Evangelicals were eager to consecrate pop culture for higher purposes. The use of pop culture was a vital part of the movement’s identity and proved to be important for the growth and spread of evangelicalism in the postwar years.

• Stephens, Randall James (2025). "Religion and Migrants in the Golden State". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. ISSN 0009-6407. 93(2), s. 617–620. doi: 10.1017/S0009640725000666. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2024). Frances Willard in Historical Context. Methodist History. ISSN 0026-1238. 62(1). Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2023). The Dust Bowl, the Depression, and American Protestant Responses to Environmental Devastation. Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. ISSN 0009-6407. 92(2), s. 312–341. doi: 10.1017/S0009640723001415. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The 1930s Dust Bowl on the Great Plains was one of the most catastrophic environmental disasters in history. Over-farming, severe drought, and high winds primed dust storms. Depopulation occurred in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico. All was made worse by the economic crisis. While historians have written extensively about the Dust Bowl, its causes and its effects, there is little detailed scholarship on the religious dimensions of this ecological tragedy. This article examines some of the important ways that the Dust Bowl shaped Protestant religious life and popular theology just as it prompted denominational relief campaigns, educational efforts, and conservation work. It looks particularly at Congregationalists, Baptists, Methodists, holiness groups, and Pentecostals. Reactions to the Dust Bowl reveal patterns of thinking about and acting on ecology, social concern, migration, millennialism, and new federal relief efforts. An examination of the growing historical fragmentation of white Protestantism is central to this article. In this era of environmental ruin and mass migration to the West, religious groups and individuals offered vastly different solutions and interpretations, foreshadowing later political and cultural conflicts. In the 1930s, long before the birth of modern environmentalism, Protestants were asking why things had gone so horribly wrong and what, if anything, could be done about it.

• Stephens, Randall James (2022). Evangelicals, Race, and Reform: From the Age of Lincoln to the Second Reconstruction. I Burton, Orville Vernon & Eisenstadt, Peter (Red.), Lincoln’s Unfinished Work: The New Birth of Freedom from Generation to Generation. Louisiana State University Press (LSU Press). ISSN 9780807176764. s. 228–254. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2021). Seeing Red: Evangelical and Fundamentalist Anticommunism and Political Engagement. I Moore, Andrew S. (Red.), Evangelicals and Presidential Politics: From Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump. Louisiana State University Press (LSU Press). ISSN 9780807174340. s. 12–35. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Hardwick, Joseph & Stephens, Randall J. (2020). Acts of God: Continuities and change in Christian responses to extreme weather events from early modernity to the present. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change (WIRESs). ISSN 1757-7780. 11(2), s. 1–16. doi: 10.1002/wcc.631. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2019). Spirit in the Air: Pentecostal and Holiness Media Innovation in the Twentieth-Century South. I Grem, Darren; Ownby, Ted & Thomas, James G. (Red.), Southern Religion, Southern Culture: Essays Honoring Charles Reagan Wilson. University Press of Mississippi. ISSN 9781496820471. s. 79–101. doi: 10.14325/mississippi/9781496820471.003.0005. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2018). “Culture, Entertainment, and Religion in America”. I Corrigan, John (Red.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780190456160. s. 17–38. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.446. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2017). “Recent Developments in the Study of Religion in the US”. Journal of American Studies. ISSN 0021-8758. 51(1), s. 205–214. doi: 10.1017/S0021875816001778. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2017). "The Bible and Fundamentalism". I Gutjahr, Paul (Red.), The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in America. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780190258849. s. 575–590. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190258849.013.7. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2017). "Popular Culture and Pentecostalism: Comparing Britain and the United States". I Hempton, David & McCleod, Hugh (Red.), Secularization and Religious Innovation in the North Atlantic World. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198798071. s. 175–194. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198798071.003.0010. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2016). “‘It has to come from the hearts of the people’: Evangelicals, Fundamentalists, Race, and the 1964 Civil Rights Act”. Journal of American Studies. ISSN 0021-8758. 50(3), s. 559–585. doi: 10.1017/S00211875815000687. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2016). “‘Where else did they copy their styles but from church groups?’ Rock ‘n’ Roll and Pentecostalism in the 1950s South”. Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. ISSN 0009-6407. 85(1), s. 97–131. doi: 10.1017/S0009640715001365. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  hurch leaders and laypeople in the US went on the defensive shortly after rock and roll became a national youth craze in 1955 and 1956. Few of those religious critics would have been aware or capable of understanding that rock ‘n’ roll, in fact, had deep religious roots. Early rockers, all southerners—such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and James Brown—grew up in or regularly attended pentecostal churches. Pentecostalism, a vibrant religious movement that traced its origins to the early 20th century, broke with many of the formalities of traditional protestantism. Believers held mixed-race services during the height of Jim Crow segregation. The faithful spoke in tongues, practiced healing, and cultivated loud, revved-up, beat-driven music. These were not the sedate congregants of mainline churches. Some pentecostal churches incorporated drums, brass instruments, pianos, and even newly invented electric guitars. Rock ‘n’ roll performers looked back to the vibrant churches of their youth, their charismatic pastors, and to flashy singing itinerants for inspiration. In a region that novelist Flannery O'Connor called “Christ-haunted,” the line between secular and sacred, holy and profane was repeatedly crossed by rock musicians. This article traces the black and white pentecostal influence on rock ‘n’ roll in the American South, from performance style and music to dress and religious views. It also analyzes the vital ways that religion took center stage in arguments and debates about the new genre.

• Stephens, Randall J. (2016). "Of Gods, Presence, Abundant History, and the Challenges of Studying Everyday Religion". Fides et Historia. ISSN 0884-5379. 48(2), s. 113–119. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2016). "Religious Liberty’ and the Origins of the Evangelical Persecution Complex". Religion Dispatches. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2015). "From Abolitionists to Fundamentalists: The Transformation of the Wesleyan Methodists in the 19th and 20th Centuries". American Nineteenth Century History. ISSN 1466-4658. 16(2), s. 159–191. doi: 10.1080/14664658.2015.1078141. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This article analyzes the cultural trajectory of a small, but influential denomination that formed in 1843. Wesleyan Methodism first emerged as an abolitionist protest against the Methodist compromise with slavery. The new church drew in members who championed a range of antebellum social reforms, including abolitionism, pacifism, women's rights, and temperance. By the early twentieth century, Wesleyans would become closely identified with fundamentalism, waging war against modernism, championing personal holiness, and maintaining a militant brand of protestant orthodoxy. This article places Wesleyans within a larger religious and cultural context of the Civil War era and the late nineteenth-century disenchantment of the Gilded Age and Progressive Eras. It also traces the reasons for the Wesleyans shifting focus away from social reform and toward matters of personal holiness.

• Stephens, Randall J. (2015). "Remembering Bertram Wyatt-Brown". Georgia Historical Quarterly. ISSN 0016-8297. 99(3), s. 219–223. doi: 10.1353/hsp.2013.0003. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2015). "Understanding the Prosperity Gospel". Fides et Historia. ISSN 0884-5379. 47(2), s. 55–59. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2011). "'Ohio villains’ and ‘pretenders to new revelations': Wesleyan Abolitionists in North Carolina and Virginia, 1847-1857". I Frank, Lisa Tendrich & Kilbride, Daniel (Red.), Southern Character: Essays in Honor of Bertram Wyatt-Brown. University Press of Florida. ISSN 9780813036908. s. 73–88. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2010). "The Holiness/Pentecostal/Charismatic Extension of the Wesleyan Tradition". I Vickers, Jason E. & Maddox, Randy L. (Red.), The Cambridge Companion to John Wesley. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9780521714037. s. 262–281. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2009). "Introduction: Sam Jones--The Georgia Wonder", Sam Jones' Own Book, 1886. University of South Carolina Press. ISSN 9781570038273. s. xi–xxii. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2008). "Interpreting American Pentecostal Origins: Retrospect and Prospect". I Harper, Keith (Red.), American Denominational History: Perspectives on the Past, Prospects for the Future. University of Alabama Press. ISSN 9780817381080. s. 173–195. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2008). "'There is Magic in Print': The Holiness Pentecostal Press and the Origins of Southern Pentecostalism". I Conser, Walter H. & Payne, Rodger M. (Red.), Southern Crossroads: Perspectives on Southern Religion and Culture. The University Press of Kentucky. ISSN 9780813124940. s. 194–230. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2008). "Pentecost for the Southland". Historically Speaking. ISSN 1941-4188. 9(3), s. 27–29. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2002). "'There is Magic in Print': The Holiness-Pentecostal Press and the Origins of Southern Pentecostalism". Journal of Southern Religion (JSR). 5. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2000). "The Convergence of Populism, Religion, and the Holiness Pentecostal Movements: A Review of the Historical Literature". Fides et Historia. ISSN 0884-5379. 32(1), s. 51–64. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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• Stephens, Randall J. (2018). The Devil’s Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock ’n’ Roll. Harvard University Press (HUP). ISBN 9780674980846. 336 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. & Giberson, Karl (2011). The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674048188. 384 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2009). Recent Themes in American Religious History. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781570038693. 160 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Jones, Sam & Stephens, Randall J. (2009). Sam Jones' Own Book, 1886. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781570038273. 539 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2008). The Fire Spreads: Holiness and Pentecostalism in the American South. Harvard University Press (HUP). ISBN 9780674046856. 416 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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• Bjerke, Ylva Lie; Skjærpe, Jørn H. & Stephens, Randall James (2026). Demokratene kan skrive historie i Texas og Kansas: – Et politisk jordskjelv. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Det som skulle være plankekjøring for Republikanerne i mellomvalget, kan i stedet bli et mareritt.

• Stephens, Randall James (2026). Christian America? Religion and the Founding. doi: https:/oslonyehoyskole.no/Arrangement/250-Years-Declaration-Independence-Democracy-Balance. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Bjerke, Ylva Lie & Stephens, Randall James (2026). Kvinnen tett på Trump: Hvem er hun? [Journal]. Dagsavisen. doi: https:/www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/kvinnen-tett-pa-trump-hvem-er-hun/10488471. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Hun kalles for en menneskelig printer, skriver innlegg for Trump i sosiale medier og unngikk sikkerhetsklarering i et år. Hvem er Natalie Harp?

• Bjørge, Jonatan & Stephens, Randall James (2026). Skulle vinne demokratene flertall i Senatet: Trekker seg etter overgrepsanklager. [Journal]. Aftenposten. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Demokraten Graham Platner stanser valgkampen i Maine etter overgrepsanklager.

• Payne, Leah; Gill, Andrew; Stephens, Randall James & Hatch, Scott (2026). When DIY Music Met Youth Group Kids, Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music, Apple Podcasts. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Andreassen, Tor Arne; Bjørge, Jonatan & Stephens, Randall James (2026). Demokrat vant i natt tross sexting-skandale. Men i november kan han knuse partiets drøm. [Journal]. Aftenposten. doi: https:/www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/QJj9nR/demokrat-vant-i-natt-tross-sexting-skandale-men-i-november-kan-han-knuse-partiets-droem. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Vil velgerne stemme på en gift mann som sendte tekstmeldinger med seksuelt innhold til flere kvinner?

• And­re­as­sen, Tor Arne; Bjørge, Jona­tan & Stephens, Randall James (2026). Død­ninge­hode kan felle ham. [Journal]. Bergens Tidene. doi: https:/www.pressreader.com/norway/bergens-tidende/20260611/page/20. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2026). "Reds under the Bed: Conservative Protestants, Race, and Anti-Communism," American Studies Association of Norway, UiA. doi: https:/asanor.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/conference-program.pdf. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Solberg, Kenneth Lia & Stephens, Randall James (2026). Her står de viktigste slagene i mellomvalget i USA. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. doi: https:/www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/her-star-de-viktigste-slagene-i-mellomvalget-i-usa/10377355. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Solberg, Kenneth Lia & Stephens, Randall James (2026). Rekordlav støtte til Trump: – Historisk betyr det tap i mellomvalget. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  USAs president Donald Trump gjør det dårligere enn noen gang før på meningsmålinger. Det kan koste ham dyrt i mellomvalget.

• Stephens, Randall James; Chambliss, Julian & Street, Joe (2026). "Thinking Through the Black Panther Party". [Journal]. The Carryall. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  In this audio interview roundtable, Joe Street discusses his book Black Revolutionaries: A History of the Black Panther Party with Randall J. Stephens and Julian C. Chambliss.

• Stephens, Randall James (2026). “Battling the Red Menace: Fundamentalists, Race, and. Politics in the Cold War US,” British Association for American Studies, University of Glasgow. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Bjerke, Ylva Irene Lie & Stephens, Randall James (2026). USAs krig i Iran har historisk lav støtte: – Trump tar en enorm politisk risiko. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  USAs angrep på Iran får rekordlav oppslutning, skaper politisk risiko for Trump og rammer både økonomi, demokrati og vanlige amerikaneres framtidstro.

• Stephens, Randall James (2026). "Critical Empathy, a Usable Past, and the Religious Right," a roundtable honoring the work of Vernon Burton, Clemson University Humanities Hub’s annual Lectures in Law and Humanities Series. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Bucher, Jonas & Stephens, Randall James (2026). USA: Kravene for å bli ICE‑agent senkes enda mer. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  På få måneder har immigrasjonsmyndighetene i USA mer enn doblet bemanningen. Nå kan også 18‑åringer søke om å bli ICE‑agenter – med kortere opplæring enn før.

• Bjerke, Ylva Lie & Stephens, Randall James (2026). Minneapolis kjemper mot Ice med nabolagsdugnad. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  De er maskerte og bevæpnet, og har blitt lovet immunitet av visestabsjefen i Det hvite hus. Ice-betjentene fungerer som Trumps hemmelige politistyrke, mener professor.

• Bjørge, Jonatan & Stephens, Randall James (2025). Pågripelse for drapsforsøk førte til terror-tiltale: Trumps ordre rammer USAs venstreradikale for første gang. [Journal]. Aftenposten. doi: https:/www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/lwBXg7/de-ble-arrestert-for-drapsforsoek-saa-kom-donald-trump-med-en-ny-presidentordre. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  I september stemplet Donald Trump Antifa som en terrororganisasjon. Det får nå rettslige konsekvenser.

• Stephens, Randall James (2025). Chair, "The Historical Roots of Trumpism in the United States," University of Oslo Library. doi: https:/www.ub.uio.no/english/courses-events/events/humsam/2025/the-historical-roots-of-trumpism.html. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  What are the roots of the modern GOP and the MAGA movement? How did the United States get to where it is today? This roundtable will consider these and other questions in order to make sense of the present in light of the past.  

• Lystad, Elise Margarethe & Stephens, Randall James (2025). Tilbyr studenter å sjekke tekster for plagiat og KI-spor. — Høres ut som svindel. [Journal]. Khrono. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Tjenesten plagiatkontroll.no skal hjelpe studenter med å unngå plagiat og KI-generert innhold i innleveringer. Professor er skeptisk.

• Engvik, Inga Vinje & Stephens, Randall James (2025). – Risikoen for flere konflikter er helt klart betydelig. [Journal]. ABC Nyheter. doi: https:/www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/risikoen-for-flere-konflikter-er-helt-klart-betydelig/1269517. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Første møtet mellom de to lederne etter Trumps gjenvalg kommer i svært anspente tider. Men hva kan vi egentlig forvente?

• Bjerke, Ylva Lie & Stephens, Randall James (2025). «Trumps farligste mann»: Stephen Miller og kampen mot Amerika. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. doi: https:/www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/morkets-arkitekt-stephen-miller-styrer-fra-skyggene/10019838. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Stephen Miller, Donald Trumps visestabssjef, har formet USAs innvandringspolitikk og blitt en sentral figur i Trumps administrasjon.

• Stephens, Randall James (2025). Area Advisor, Oxford Bibliographies in American History. Oxford Bibliographies Online. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Bjerke, Ylva Lie & Stephens, Randall James (2025). Trump Utplasserer Nasjonalgarden i Chicago: Guvernørens reaksjon på ultimatum. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. doi: https:/www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/trump-setter-inn-nasjonalgarden-i-chicago-et-fikenblad/9992268. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Trump sender nasjonalgarden til Chicago. Guvernør Pritzker nekter å gi etter for presset.

• Solberg, Kenneth Lia & Stephens, Randall James (2025). Forsker tror Donald Trump vil ha ettpartistat. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. doi: https:/www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/forsker-tror-trump-vil-ha-ettpartistat/9980566?fbclid=IwY2xjawNGZu9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCMzNTcDBHWGNWRzdHZXdWAR5868MAM_KLk_e1yemYNU-LB9MdWwdT9CmYqxOAd610f2d4-vsE6fUqu1TEAw_aem_wE4D0uU9nHNdUR7rffjhcA. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Professor Randall James Stephens mener den politiske forfølgelsen har tatt fullstendig av i USA.

• Solberg, Kenneth Lia & Stephens, Randall James (2025). Dette er Donald Trumps hevnliste: – Skaper et klima av frykt. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. doi: https:/www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/dette-er-trumps-hevnliste-skaper-et-klima-av-frykt/9964269. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Mange har stått opp mot USAs president Donald Trump. Og mange har fått smake hans hevn etter at han kom tilbake til makten.

• Toft, Martin & Stephens, Randall James (2025). UiO-professor: - KI ødelegger for formålet med universitetet. [Journal]. Universitetsavisa. doi: https:/www.universitetsavisa.no/eksamen-hoyere-utdanning-kunstig-intelligens/uio-professor-ki-odelegger-for-formalet-med-universitetet/437528. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  UiO-professor Randall James Stephens meiner at hovudformålet med å ta høgare utdanning vert sabotert, når studentar tar i bruk kunstig intelligens for å løysa oppgåvene for seg. Han vil halde KI-sikre skuleeksamener, men instituttet seier nei.

• Toft, Martin & Stephens, Randall James (2025). Åtvarar mot bruk av KI: – Det skapar ein sprekk i heile utdanningsprosessen - Uniforum. [Internet]. Uniforum. doi: https:/www.uniforum.uio.no/nyheter/2025/09/atvarar-mot-bruk-av-ki.html. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  UiO-professor i amerikanske og britiske studiar Randall James Stephens meiner at når mange studentar tar i bruk kunstig intelligens for å løysa oppgåvene for seg, vert hovudformålet med å ta høgare utdanning sabotert. Difor vil han halda KI-sikre skuleeksamener, men instituttet seier nei. 

• Stevenson, Chris & Stephens, Randall James (2025). "Religion and Rock 'n' Roll - Religion in the American Experience". Podcast. doi: https:/podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/religion-and-rock-n-roll/id1536446052?i=1000723411104. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Rock and Roll is a well-known musical genre in the United States and throughout the world. Many of us, including me, grew up with it and with the understanding...

• Stephens, Randall James & Bjerke, Ylva Lie (2025). Professor om soldatbruk i Los Angeles: – Donald Trump bryr seg ikke om rettssikkerhet. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Skjærpe, Jørn H.; Bjerke, Ylva Lie & Stephens, Randall James (2025). «Kaosagent» Trump ryster Europa. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2025). "Modern American Conservatism, Religion, and Donald Trump," Digital Services Office, University of Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2025). "Fundamentalism, Anti-communism, and Race in Cold War America," Anatomy of Protestant Fundamentalism: Roots, Networks and Controversies (19th-21st centuries), University of Geneva. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Staalduinen, Brent van & Stephens, Randall James (2025). "Devil" Music, Thoughtful Migration, and Creative Resistance. [Internet]. Rejected Central: A Human Podcast. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Angelsen, Oda Hovda & Stephens, Randall James (2025). Mottok varselbrev før presidentinsettelse: Studenter i USA frykter massedeportasjon. [Journal]. Universitas. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Solheim, Eric Kjerstad; Lier, Truls & Stephens, Randall James (2025). Hvor i all verden skal pengene komme fra? [Journal]. E24. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2025). "Racial and Religious Boundaries in Early Rock 'n' Roll," Plenary Session on "Boundary Crossing, Religion, and Music," Nordic Association for American Studies, University of Turku, Turku Finland. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2025). Discussant and Participant, "Historians Across Borders Revisited: Positionality and the Writing of American Histories from Europe," Rothermere American Institute, Oxford, UK. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Bjerke, Ylva Lie & Stephens, Randall James (2025). Joe Bidens siste uke i Det hvite hus: Hva gjør Demokratene nå? [Journal]. Dagsavisen. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2025). “Music for the Chosen Ones,” American Society of Church History, Chicago. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2025). Comment and chair, "Uneasy Consciences: Rethinking Evangelicals, Modernity, and Modernization in the Twentieth-Century United States," American Society of Church History, Chicago. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James; Muhammad, Subhan Sohail & Paulsen, Malin (2025). Sørafrikansk ambassadør kastet ut av USA: – Det er utrolig uvanlig. [Internet]. Journalen. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James & Snipstad, Linéa Pauline (2025). Barack Obama i Oslo. [Internet]. Journalen. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2025). Review of Hillbilly Highway: The Transappalachian Migration and the Making of a White Working Class. By Max Fraser. American Historical Review. ISSN 0002-8762. 130(2), s. 969–970. doi: 10.1093/ahr/rhaf115. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Lindberg, Aksel & Stephens, Randall James (2024). Demokrater ber Biden trekke seg: –⁠ For landets beste. [Journal]. Oslo, Norway. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Flydal, Sofie Kristine & Stephens, Randall James (2024). Kamala Harris har vært tydeligere pro-abort enn Joe Biden, Vårt Land. [Journal]. Oslo, Norway. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James; Frog, Filippa Vale; Eriksen, Magnus Borlaug & Ofstad, Per-Erik (2024). Eksperter etter Biden-exit: –⁠ På X? VG. [Journal]. Oslo, Norway. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2024). Review of The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism. By Lerone A. Martin. The Journal of southern history. ISSN 0022-4642. 90(3), s. 647–648. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James & Stevenson, Chris (2024). FDR's Clergy Letters, Religion in the American Experience Podcast, National Museum of American Religion. [Internet]. Washington, DC. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2024). "Religion and Migrant Labor in the Golden State". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Throckmorton, Warren & Stephens, Randall James (2024). "Where's Waldo the Anointed? Telling Jefferson Lies". [Internet]. Grove City, Pennsylvania. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Thorsen, Serina G. & Stephens, Randall James (2024). Trump eller Harris? Se hva unge menn i Oslo ville ha stemt. [Internet]. FriFagbevegelse. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2024). “‘Socialism has been steadily battering at our gates’: The Roosevelt Administration and Religion in the Dust Bowl,” keynote, Historians of the Twentieth Century United States, Southampton. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James & Ofstad, Per-Erik (2024). Obama hyller Biden, men nevner ikke Harris: –⁠ Vil ikke peke på etterfølger, VG. [Journal]. Oslo, Norway. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stevenson, Chris & Stephens, Randall James (2024). Religion and the Great Depression: Part II, Religion in the American Experience Podcast, National Museum of American Religion. [Internet]. Washington, DC. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Andersen, Gloria & Stephens, Randall James (2024). Hun sa det var «uamerikansk» og «sløsing med penger». Nå lover Harris å støtte Trumps fanesak. [Journal]. Aftenposten. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2024). "'A saviour for millions of distressed families: Clergy, the Dust Bowl, and the Roosevelt Administration." Western History Association, Kansas City, Missouri. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2024). "'I can see them laugh at me: Editorial Cartoons, the Beatles, and the South." Southern Historical Association, Kansas City, Missouri. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2024). Lunch Roundtable on the 2024 US Election with Johannes Bergh and Sofie Høgestøl, Institutt for samfunnsforskning. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Seibt, Sébastian & Stephens, Randall James (2024). "Présidentielle américaine: la nébuleuse des nationalistes chrétiens au service de Donald Trump". [Internet]. Paris, France. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James & Skjærpe, Jørn (2023). "Streikeviljen i USA forvitret i flere tiår. Men nå er en gnist tent". [Journal]. Oslo, Norway. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James & Skjærpe, Jøen (2023). Ekspert om bilstreiken i USA: – Et sjokkerende lønnsgap. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2023). “‘Even church people are trying to be with it’: Evangelical Experiments with Rock Music in Britain and America, 1960s-1970s,” Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Guthrie, Jason & Stephens, Randall James (2023). Recollecting Carter Podcast: Rock 'n' Roll President. [Radio]. Morrow, Georgia, USA. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  [President] Carter's genuine love for popular music was used to great effect during his political career. On this episode of Recollecting Carter, I talk with Dr. Randall Stephens about his book The Devil's Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock 'n' Roll. Our conversation revealed unexpected and interesting intersections in faith, race, and American popular culture.

• Stephens, Randall James (2023). “‘Tell me where you feel our government can better serve our people’: FDR, the New Deal, and Dust Bowl Clergy,” Department of Religious Studies seminar, University of Virginia. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2023). "'Sanctified people got more fire': The Pentecostal Roots of Early Rock 'n' Roll," the Blake Lecture in the History of Christianity, Virginia Commonwealth University. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The annual Blake Lecture in the History of Christianity is pleased to present the 2023 lecture, "Sanctified people got more fire: The Pentecostal Roots of Early Rock 'n' Roll," presented by Professor Randall James Stephens of the University of Oslo. This event will be in person. American church leaders and laypeople alike went on the defensive shortly after rock and roll became a national youth craze in 1955-56. Few of those religious critics would have known that rock and roll and rhythm and blues, in fact, had deep religious roots. Early performers, all southerners—like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, B.B. King, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and James Brown—grew up in or regularly attended pentecostal churches. Pentecostalism was a vibrant new religious movement that traced its origins to the early 20th century. Its adherents broke with many of the formalities of protestantism. Believers held mixed-race services during the height of Jim Crow segregation. The faithful spoke in tongues, practiced healing, and cultivated loud, revved-up music. Looking back on his childhood religious experiences, James Brown said the saints “had the beat. . . . Sanctified people got more fire.” This talk will look at how the fire of Big Beat performers come from vibrant churches, charismatic pastors, and flashy singing itinerants. It will also focus on the intense negative reaction of clergy and church officials and consider what this tells us. In a region that novelist Flannery O’Connor called “Christ-haunted,” the line between secular and sacred, holy and profane was repeatedly crossed by rock and rollers.

• Stephens, Randall James (2023). Book talk and discussion of The Devil's Music with the Religious Studies Reading Group, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Selma, Bull & Stephens, Randall James (2023). Nye lovforslag i USA del 2, Opplysningen 99.3, Radio Nova. [Radio]. Olso. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2023). "'Days of need and want and natural unrest': Clergy, the Dust Bowl, and the Roosevelt Administration". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2023). Comment, book launch roundtable on Chris Evans's Do Everything: The Biography of Frances Willard (Oxford University Press, 2022), Manchester Wesley Research Centre, June 10, 2023. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2023). Chair, “Female Bodies, Ecclesiastical Bodies, and Authority in Early Modern Christianity". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2023). Chair, "Evangelical Aesthetics: The Art They Hated and the Art They Made". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2023). "Anti-Communism, Anti-Catholicism, and the Politicization of Holiness-Pentecostal Groups in the US, 1940s-1960s". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Payne, Leah; Gill, Andrew & Stephens, Randall James (2023). "Be the Billy of Your Actual Hills," Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music, PRX podcast. [Radio]. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2022). "'Catholicism and Communism are swiftly advancing': White Holiness-Pentecostal Politicization in the 20th Century United States". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This paper focuses on white holiness and Pentecostal anti-communism and anti-Catholicism in the 20th century and a particular kind of political engagement and public concern. These traditions developed robust arguments against communism and Catholicism. The latter posed, in the eyes of believers, serious threats to missions, national integrity, the American government, and personal morality. Such concerns placed believers in a wider context of a shared Cold War experience. The climate of fear anti-communism and anti-Catholicism generated is still a critical feature of 21st-century white evangelical politics. Yet decades before politicized white believers rallied to the Republican Party over abortion, gay marriage, school curriculum, immigration policy, and other culture war issues, many found communism and Catholicism to be the most pressing national and international problems of the day. This paper will look at the nature of such conflicts and campaigns, which culminated in the 1960 presidential candidacy of John F. Kennedy.

• Stephens, Randall James (2022). "Tracing the Origins of Today’s Ultraconservatives". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2022). "The Dust Bowl and the Roosevelt Administration’s Religious Outreach," Seminar on the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Grassroots in the US, University of Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2022). "Religion and the Origins of Rock ‘n’ Roll," ILOS-akademiet, University of Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James & Sund, Johannes (2022). USA: Maskerte menn med våpen overvåker og «passer» på valgurner. [Journal]. Dagsavisen. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2022). “‘Catholicism and Communism are swiftly advancing’: White Holiness-Pentecostal Politicization in the 20th Century US,” Manchester Wesley Research Centre, Manchester, UK. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2022). “The Dust Bowl, the Depression, and American Protestant Responses to Environmental Devastation," KLIMER: Climate, Environment, and Energy seminar. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James & Ording, Oda (2022). Trumps «store kunngjøring». USA-ekspert: - Har ingen skam. [Journal]. Dagbladet. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2022). "Class discussion of The Devil’s Music, History of Rock and Roll Music," Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2022). "Review of Soul Liberty: The Evolution of Black Religious Politics in Postemancipation Virginia". Journal of American History. ISSN 0021-8723. 109(2), s. 438–439. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2021). Aldri før har færre amerikanere vært medlem av et trossamfunn av Lea Heljesdatter Kvadsheim og Ruth Einervoll Nilsen. [Journal]. Vårt Land. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2021). "When Climate Catastrophes Spark Religious Turmoil". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2021). Reagerer på at Jesuskvinner inviterer Trump-supportere av Per Åsmund Reymert. [Journal]. Vårt Land. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2021). Ber paven ta oppgjør med koloniseringsteologi av Liv Mari Lia. [Journal]. Vårt Land. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2021). Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture. By Grace Elizabeth Hale. The Journal of southern history. ISSN 0022-4642. 87(4), s. 751–752. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2021). "The Beatles Reshaped American Culture, Explaining Their Enduring Appeal". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James (2021). "Why the Beatles Never Stopped Being Fab". Saturday Star. ISSN 1816-4862. s. 8–8. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2020). "Pop Jesus and Rock ‘n’ Roll in Britain and America in the 1960s and 1970s." American Society of Church History, New York City. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  In the summer of 1966, amid a scandal about The Beatles’ popularity compared with that of Jesus and Christianity, John Lennon tried to clarify what he meant. He was just making an observation, not a judgment, he pleaded. He also noticed other trends in the church that seemed to confirm that believers wanted to reach out to youth. "Even church people are trying to be with it," he said at a press conference, "with sort of pop groups and things." Indeed, by the mid-1960s and into the 1970s American and British evangelicals and mainline Protestants, as well as Catholics, embarked on new missions to young people. They sponsored rock and folk bands at Christian coffeehouses. They created new record labels, and radio shows for what was being called "Jesus rock." And they enlivened their services with drums, electric guitars, and shouting singers. Stalwarts reported on the activities of brethren across the Atlantic and gained ideas from each other about innovation and musical exploration. British efforts—sponsored by Anglicans and non-conformists—preceded American experimentation with pop music and pop culture. But by the late 1960s, American fusions of evangelicalism and rock helped define a new countercultural Christianity. This paper will explore how religious groups hoped to bridge the generation gap in the 60s and 70s. It will also look at the ministerial and musical cooperation that developed between Brits and Americans, asking how promoters, fans, and musicians differed in their political, theological, and cultural orientation. Finally, it will judge the relative success and failures of these efforts amid the troubles of post-Christian Britain and the religious successes of evangelical America.

• Stephens, Randall J. (2020). "Southern Elites, Western Libertarians, and the Conservative Coalition". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2020). "A Conversation on the 2020 US Election with Former US Ambassador to Norway Barry White and Randall J. Stephens". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2020). Forstår nordmenn og norske journalister USA? Av Bård Amundsen, Siw Ellen Jakobsen og Marte Dæhlen. [Internet]. Forskning.no. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2020). Da Gud ble republikaner av Morten S. Smedsrud. [Journal]. Apollon. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2020). Konservative kristne tilgir Trumps synder av Mari Lilleslåtten. [Internet]. Det humanistiske fakultet forskning. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2020). Trump hopper frem på meningsmålingene: – Ikke nødvendigvis dramatisk av Henrik Røyne. [Journal]. VG. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2020). "Why Some Evangelicals Refuse To Acknowledge That Trump Has Lost The Election" by Carol Kuruvilla. [Internet]. HuffPost. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2020). Går i samme kirke, men nå truer hudfargen samholdet av Alice Tegle. [Journal]. Korsets Seier. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2020). "Christian Worship Leader Brings Controversial Prayer Rallies to Cities Roiled by Protests" by Marisa Iati and Sarah Pulliam Bailey. [Journal]. Washington Post. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2020). "Searching for Signs that God Blessed America". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2020). "In Storms, Americans Have Long Seen the Hand of God". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2019). "Race, Rock, and the American South." Lived Religion Symposium, Nord Universitet, Bodø. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. & Stephens, Hilde Løvdal (2019). «Guds mann i Det hvite hus». Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. 123(2), s. 111–122. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3002-2019-02-02. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2019). “Making Sense of the American Christian Right.” Nettverksdagen for Engelsklærere i Asker og Bærum, Gyldendalhuset, Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2019). “Making Sense of Donald Trump’s Evangelical Support.” Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2019). “The Environmental Catastrophe of the Dust Bowl and American Culture.” Fagdag for engelsklærere i Osloskolen, Edvard Munch videregående skole, Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2019). "Hillbilly Hellraisers: Federal Power and Populist Defiance in the Ozarks. By J. Blake Perkins". Journal of Social History. ISSN 0022-4529. Fall 2019. doi: 10.1093/jsh/shy043. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Soden, Greg & Stephens, Randall J. (2019). "The Devil’s Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock n’ Roll". [Radio]. New Books Network, Northampton, MA. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Bereza, Sarah & Stephens, Randall J. (2019). "The Devil's Music, an Interview with Author Randall J. Stephens". [Radio]. Music and the Church, St. Louis, Missouri. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2018). "Author’s Response to Peter Webster’s Review of The Devil’s Music". Reviews in History. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Smith, Marcus & Stephens, Randall J. (2018). "Randall Stephens: How Christians Came to Embrace Rock & Roll". [Radio]. Thinking Aloud, KBYU-FM, Provo, Utah. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Trollinger, William & Stephens, Randall J. (2018). "The Devil's Music, Parts I and II". [Internet]. Righting America, Dayton, Ohio. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2018). "Evangelicals and Trump—Lessons from the Nixon Era". The Conversation. ISSN 2201-5639. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2018). “Evangelicals and Race: From the Age of Lincoln to the Second Reconstruction.” Lincoln’s Unfinished Work conference, Clemson University. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Fea, John & Stephens, Randall J. (2018). "Jesus Is the Rock That Rolls My Blues Away". [Radio]. The Way of Improvement Leads Home. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Miller, Eric C. & Stephens, Randall J. (2018). "The Devil’s Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock ‘n’ Roll". [Internet]. Religion Dispatches. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2018). “The Dust Bowl and the Congregational Council for Social Action in the 1930s.” God’s Climates: Religion and Disruptive Weather, Environmental Humanities seminar, Northumbria University. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2018). “‘Christian rock musicians come from pentecostal ranks!’ Rock ’n’ Roll and Conservative Christianity in Modern America.” Southern Music Symposium, University of Mississippi. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2018). “Writing a Book on Rock Music and Religion.” Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer program, American Studies Department, University of Kansas. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2018). “The Unlikely Relationship of Rock and Religion.” University of Oslo Library. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Bjørdal, Sondre & Stephens, Randall J. (2018). «Den fordømte musikken». [Journal]. Vårt Land. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Jære, Lisbet & Stephens, Randall J. (2018). «Djevelens musikk – som ble kristen». [Internet]. Uniforum. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2018). “God Gave Rock and Roll to You”. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2017). “‘You can’t just sneak Jesus into music!’: Fundamentalism, Popular Culture, and Christian Rock in the 1970s and 1980s.” Colloquium on Religion and History, University of Notre Dame. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2017). "'The WORD OF GOD not the WONDER OF THE CROWD!!!!’ The Fundamentalist Rejection of Christian Rock in the 1970s and 1980s." American History Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, London. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2017). “‘Swinging, blue-jeans religion’: Christian Rock and Evangelical Culture in the 1960s and 1970s.” Congregational Library and Archives, Boston. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2017). "‘They dress like devils and wear Spandex costumes’: Evangelicals, Fundamentalists, and Jesus Rock." Jimmy Carter and the “Year of the Evangelicals” Reconsidered, St Anselm University, New Hampshire. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2017). “‘Like natives at a voodoo ritual’: Race, Rock, and Evangelicalism in the 1950s and 1960s.” Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2017). "Assemblies of God". I Wilson, Charles Reagan; Ownby, Ted; Abadie, Ann J.; Lindsey, Odie & Thomas, James G. (Red.), The Mississippi Encyclopedia. University Press of Mississippi. ISSN 9781628466928. s. 49–51. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2017). "Seeing Red: Evangelical and Fundamentalist Anti-Communism and Political Engagement." Nordic Association for American Studies, University of Southern Denmark. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2017). "The Sacred Mirror: Evangelicalism, Honor, and Identity in the Deep South, 1790–1860. By Robert Elder". The Journal of the Civil War Era. ISSN 2154-4727. 7(2), s. 318–321. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2017). "Richard Nixon’s Authoritarian Loathing of the Media Lives on in Donald Trump". The Conversation. ISSN 2201-5639. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Taylor-Rosner, Noémie & Stephens, Randall J. (2017). «Fausses nouvelles, un phénomène aux ancrages chrétiens». [Journal]. Présence information religieuse, Quebec, Canada. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2017). "The Klan, White Christianity, and the Past and Present: A Response to Kelly Baker’s Essay". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2016). "On Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Michael O’Brien, and Southern Distinctiveness". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2016). “‘BEWARE that ye are not led astray': The Fundamentalist Rejection of Jesus Rock in the 1970s and 1980s.” American Studies Association of Norway, Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2016). "Ted Cruz, Not Donald Trump, Is the Scariest Candidate Standing". The Conversation. ISSN 2201-5639. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2016). "Embracing the ‘Silent Majority’–Donald Trump Brings Back the Worst of 1960s America". The Conversation. ISSN 2201-5639. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2016). “Miranda Wilcox and John D. Young, eds., Standing Apart: Mormon Historical Consciousness and the Concept of Apostasy". Mormon Studies Review. ISSN 2156-8022. 3, s. 174–178. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2016). "Trump is an Avowed Sinner—So Why Did American Evangelicals Vote for Him?". The Conversation. ISSN 2201-5639. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2016). "Trump and Palin Exist in an Alternative Universe of Knowledge Denial". Independent. ISSN 0951-9467. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2016). "Ted Cruz, Human Dog Whistle". Salon. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2015). "How the Republican Party Became a Haven of Resentment and Rage". The Conversation. ISSN 2201-5639. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2015). "Evangelicals, Fundamentalists, and Race in the Cold War Era". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2015). "GOP Must Destroy Donald Trump before He Destroys Them". Salon. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2015). "Why the Republicans' Know-Nothing Outsider Candidates Are Still on Top". The Conversation. ISSN 2201-5639. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2014). "Unbucklin’ that Ole Bible Belt: Learning about the Solid Religious South from Freaks, Geeks, Outcasts, Losers, Wide-Eyed Prophets, Cranks, and Mountebanks". Fides et Historia. ISSN 0884-5379. 46(1), s. 66–69. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• McAuley, Roisin & Stephens, Randall J. (2014). "The Devil's Music". [Radio]. Sunday Sequence, BBC Ulster. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2014). "David Brat, the Anti-experts’ Expert". Christian Century. ISSN 0009-5281. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2014). "Searching for Something in a Kansas Record Bin". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2013). "Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind by Mark A. Noll". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. ISSN 0009-6407. 82(2), s. 507–508. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Remillard, Art & Stephens, Randall J. (2013). "Podcast Episode 16: Interview with Randall Stephens". [Internet]. Journal of Southern Religion. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  In this podcast, Art Remillard talks with Randall Stephens, who was the keynote speaker for the sixth annual North American Undergraduate Conference in Religion and Philosophy, held at Saint Francis University. Stephens’s address was entitled, “Evangelical Anti-Intellectualism in Modern America,” which draws from his book, The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age, co-authored with Karl Giberson. Stephens is Reader in History and American Studies at Northumbria University in the UK, and he is a former editor of the Journal of Southern Religion. Stephens begins the conversation by explaining how his keynote will contribute to the conference’s theme, “The Future of Reason.” He also talks about the book’s research, which includes interviews with David Barton and leaders of Focus on the Family. The interview concludes with Stephens discussing his newest project, an examination of rock music and American Christianity.

• Stephens, Randall J. (2013). "High Holy Rollers". The Wilson Quarterly - WQ. ISSN 0363-3276. Summer 2013. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Beneke, Chris & Stephens, Randall J. (2013). "Why Republicans and Academics Need Each Other". The Chronicle of higher education. ISSN 0009-5982. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2012). "J. Brooks Flippen, Jimmy Carter, the Politics of Family, and the Rise of the Religious Right. By J. Brooks Flippen. American Historical Review. ISSN 0002-8762. 117(5), s. 1626–1627. doi: 10.1093/ahr/117.5.1626a. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2012). No Sympathy for the Devil: Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism. By David W. Stowe. The Journal of southern history. ISSN 0022-4642. 78(4), s. 1040–1041. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall James & Giberson, Karl (2012). "The Jefferson 'Lies," Harvard University Press Blog. [Internet]. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Giberson, Karl & Stephens, Randall J. (2012). "Conservative Christianity and Its Discontents". Religion Dispatches. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Beneke, Chris & Stephens, Randall J. (2012). "Lies the Debunkers Told Me: How Bad History Books Win Us Over". Atlantic Monthly. ISSN 1072-7825. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Jakobsen, Hanne Østli & Stephens, Randall J. (2012). «Den religiøse populismens valgkamp». [Internet]. Forskning.no. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Restad, Hilde Eliassen & Stephens, Randall J. (2012). «De kristenkonservatives innflytelse i amerikansk politikk». [Journal]. Aftenposten. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2011). "On Teaching with God in America (PBS)". Fides et Historia. ISSN 0884-5379. 43(2), s. 103–106. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gluss, Howard & Stephens, Randall J. (2011). "Dr. Randall J. Stephens on Right Wing America: Evangelicals, Conservative Christians, and Christian Psychologists". [Radio]. The Dr. Howard Gluss Show, Phoenix, Arizona. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Barabak, Mark Z. & Stephens, Randall J. (2011). "A Scathing Critique of FDR". [Journal]. Los Angeles Times. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Zoll, Rachel & Stephens, Randall J. (2011). "Election-year Goals of Christian Group Questioned". [Journal]. The Des Moines Register, Iowa. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2011). "Tocqueville’s Discovery of America, by Leo Damrosch". Christian Century. ISSN 0009-5281. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Giberson, Karl & Stephens, Randall J. (2011). "The Evangelical Rejection of Reason". New York Times, USA. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2011). "The Sunbelt Coalition: Evangelicals and Politics in a New Light". Books & Culture. ISSN 1082-8931. January/February. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2010). "Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South. By Steven P. Miller". Journal of American History. ISSN 0021-8723. 97(1), s. 264–265. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2010). "After Redemption: Jim Crow and the Transformation of African American Religion in the Delta, 1875-1915. By John M. Giggie". The Journal of southern history. ISSN 0022-4642. 76(1), s. 173–174. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2010). "The Past Is No Foreign Country". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2010). "New Media and the Reshaping of Religious Practice". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2010). "The Old New Right". Christian Century. ISSN 0009-5281. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2009). "Devout Racism". Christian Century. ISSN 0009-5281. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2008). "Lowery, Irving E. (1850 - 1929), Print Journalist, Autobiographer / Memoirist, Educator, Methodist Episcopal Clergy". I Gates, Henry Louis & Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks (Red.), The African American National Biography. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780195160192. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2008). "Fuller, William Edward, Sr.". I Gates, Henry Louis & Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks (Red.), The African American National Biography. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780195160192. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2008). "What Does Azusa Have to Do with Washington?". The Immanent Frame [blog]. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2008). "Johnny Cash’s Very American Recordings". Christianity Today. ISSN 0009-5753. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2007). "Bearing Witness against Sin: The Evangelical Birth of the American Social Movement. By Michael P. Young". H-SHEAR. December. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2007). "Righteous Indignation: Religion and the Populist Revolution. By Joe Creech". Journal of Peasant Studies. ISSN 0306-6150. 34(2). Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2007). "A. J. Tomlinson: Plainfolk Modernist. By R. G. Robins". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. ISSN 0009-6407. 76(3), s. 659–661. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. & Case, Delvyn (2006). "Hidden Under a Bushel: Sufjan Stevens and the Problem of Christian Music". November/December. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2005). "Redeeming the Dial: Radio Religion, and Popular Culture in America. By Tona J. Hangen". Gulf South Historical Review. ISSN 0892-9025. Spring. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2005). "Jones, Charles Price". I Hill, Samuel & Lippy, Charles H. (Red.), The Encyclopedia of Religion in the South. Mercer University Press. ISSN 9780865547582. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2005). "Fire-Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas". I Hill, Samuel & Lippy, Charles H. (Red.), The Encyclopedia of Religion in the South. Mercer University Press. ISSN 9780865547582. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2005). "Christian and Missionary Alliance". I Hill, Samuel & Lippy, Charles H. (Red.), The Encyclopedia of Religion in the South. Mercer University Press. ISSN 9780865547582. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2005). "Tell about the South: The 2005 Conference of the St. George Tucker Society". September/October. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2004). "Selling the Old-Time Religion: American Fundamentalists and Mass Culture, 1920-1940. By Douglas Carl Abrams". H-South. September. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2004). "Mountain Holiness: A Photographic Narrative. By Deborah Vansau McCauley, Laura A. Porter, and Patricia Parker Brunner". Religious Studies Review. ISSN 0319-485X. 30(4). Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2002). "Hallelujah Lads and Lassies: Remaking the Salvation Army in America, 1880-1930. By Lillian Taiz". Religious Studies Review. ISSN 0319-485X. July. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2002). "The Serpent Handlers: Three Families and Their Faith. By Fred Brown and Jeanne McDonald". The Southern Historian. Spring. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2002). "Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel. By James R. Goff". H-South. August. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2002). "Rebuilding Zion: The Religious Reconstruction of the South, 1863- 1877. By Daniel W. Stowell". Fides et Historia. ISSN 0884-5379. Winter/Spring. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2001). "A Wheel within a Wheel: Southern Methodism and the Georgia Holiness Association. By Briane Turley". Fides et Historia. ISSN 0884-5379. Winter/Spring. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2001). "Barry W. Hamilton, William Baxter Godbey: Itinerant Apostle of the Holiness Movement". Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. ISSN 2161-0355. Autumn. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stephens, Randall J. (2000). "Redeeming the South: Religious Cultures and Racial Identities among Southern Baptists, 1865-1925. By Paul Harvey". Fides et Historia. ISSN 0884-5379. Winter/Spring. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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