Dr. Love Henry Whelchel (STH ’62)
Dr. Love Henry Whelchel (M.Div., STH ’62) is a professor of Church History at the Interdenominational Theological Center. Dr. Whelchel received his Ph.D. from Duke University and teaches courses on the African-American religion and American religious traditions as well as history of Christian thought. He also has a special interest in the Civil Rights Movement. Some of his most significant publications include: Hell without Fire: Conversion in Slave Religion; My Chains Fell Off: William Wells Brown, Fugitive Abolitionist; and How Long This Road: Race, Religion, and the Legacy of C. Eric Lincoln, History and Heritage of African American Churches, and Sherman’s March and the Emergence of the Independent Black Church Movement.