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Historian Turned Librarian
Dr. Bendroth Heads American Congregational Association
“She would be great as the head of an organization with such a venerable history and holding a collection of materials that are begging to be explored and
analyzed.”
These are the words of Sharon Taylor, library director at Andover Newton Theological Seminary, in recommending that Dr. Margaret Lamberts Bendroth be named Executive Director of the
American Congregational Association, owner and overseer of The Congregational Library.
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Dr. Margaret Lamberts Bendroth
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Others recommended Dr. Bendroth as a “winning personality” and a “solid scholar bearing scholarly credibility,” who can enhance the status of the Congregational
Library.
Dr. Bendroth is leaving her position of the past five years as Professor of History at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, to replace the Rev. Dr. Harold Worthley on August 1. She will
move to Boston with her husband, Norman, who is currently pastor at St. John’s United Church of Christ in Grand Rapids.
She holds degrees from the Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D. in American history), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.A. in church history, magna cum laude), and Cornell University (A.B. in
history, with distinction).
Before Calvin College, Bendroth belonged to the adjunct faculty at Andover Theological School, Newton Center, Massachusetts.
Her résumé includes two pages of books and articles that she has published. She won the Choice Award for Outstanding Book of 2002 for Women and Twentieth-Century
Protestantism, the 1994 Book Award from Christianity Today for Fundamentalism and Gender, and the Masden Award in Church History from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Dr. Bendroth’s teaching specialties involve American religion, women’s history, and American history in the 19th century.
Her writings include various aspects of Fundamentalism, e.g., Fundamentalism and the Family, the previously mentioned Fundamentalism and Gender, and Use, Misuse and Disuse of the
Word “Fundamentalist.” She shares her views on Fundamentalism in this issue of The Congregationalist on page
4.
The American Congregational Association, which Dr. Bendroth will direct, was formed in 1853 to promote the traditions and common interest of the Congregational Way. The Association relates to all
the successor bodies of the Congregational and Christian tradition including The Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, The National Association of Congregational Christian Churches, The
United Church of Christ, and independent Congregational churches.
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