Mark Hall
Box 6092
503-554-2674
mhall@
Curriculum Vitae
Mark David Hall has been at George Fox since 2001. He received a BA in political science from Wheaton College and a PhD in political science from the University of Virginia.
Hall's primary research and writing interests are American political theory and the relationship between religion and politics. He has published one book, The Political and Legal Philosophy of James Wilson, 1742-1798 (University of Missouri Press, 1997) and numerous articles. As well, he co-edited America's Forgotten Founders (2008), Collected Works of James Wilson 2 vol. (2007), and The Founders on God and Government (2004). He is currently writing a book entitled, The Old Puritan and a New Nation: Roger Sherman and the Creation of the American Republic and is co-editing The Forgotten Founders on Religion and Public Life and The Sacred Rights of Conscience: Selected Readings on Religious Liberty and Church-State Relations in the American Founding.
Mark is also a recognized expert on church and state issues.
Professor Hall is available for public speaking on the following topics:
- "Did America Have a Christian Founding?"
- "Jeffersonian Walls and Madisonian Lines: The Supreme Court's Use of History and the First Amendment's Religion Clauses"
- "The Old Puritan and a New Nation: Roger Sherman and the Creation of the American Republic"
Mark participated in a debate sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Listen to the debate, "Did America Have a Religious Founding?" online.
Mark teaches the following courses:
Introduction to Political ScienceAmerican Government
American Political Theory
Freedom From Fear: America's Response to Terrorism (with Mark Hatfield and Ron Mock)
Civil Rights and Liberties
Constitutional Law: Issues of National Power
Christianity and Politics in America
Congressional-Presidential Relations
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Senior Seminar
