Donald M. Lewis
Don Lewis is an alumnus of Regent College who went on to do doctoral work at Oxford University before coming back to Regent as a faculty member. Don Lewis is a specialist in the history of evangelicalism in the Victorian era and has written and published extensively in this area. He has written numerous articles and book reviews for both popular and academic periodicals, including Fides Et Historia and The American Historical Review. He is the author of In Darkest London: The Manuscript Diary of Joseph Oppenheimer, City Missionary (Regent College Publishing, 2018), as well as The Origins of Christian Zionism: Evangelical Support for a Jewish Homeland (Cambridge University Press, 2014), a book detailing the nineteenth-century background to the rise of Christian Zionism. Don Lewis has served as Regent’s Academic Dean, and is currently the Secretary of the College’s Anglican Studies Program. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He and his wife Lindi have three children.
Areas of expertise
- Evangelicalism in Victorian England
- Christian Philosemitism & Christian Zionism
- Global Evangelicalism
- History of Pastoral Ministry: The Lives and Wellness of Pastors
Media & Publications
- Lighten Their Darkness: The Evangelical Mission to Working-Class London, 1828-1860 – Book Publication
- Dictionary of Evangelical Biography: 1730-1860 (editor) – Book Publication
- The Origins of Christian Zionism: Evangelical Support for a Jewish Homeland – Book Publication
- Christianity Reborn: The Global Expansion of Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century – Book Publication
- The Future Shape of Anglican Ministry (with J.I. Packer) – Book Publication
- Evangelicals and Jews Together: The Origins of Christian Zionism – Audio Publication
- A Letter to Regent College Students Interested in Anglican Ministry – PDF
- "In Darkest London": The Manuscript Journal of Joseph Oppenheimer, City Missionary – Book