Suzanne Geissler Bowles
Department of History
William Paterson University
United States of America
Biography
Suzanne Bowles received her Ph.D. in History from Syracuse University. Her most recent book is God and Sea Power: The Influence of Religion on Alfred Thayer Mahan (Naval Institute Press, 2015) which analyses the role Christian faith played in the thought and writings of the great naval historian and advocate of Sea Power.
Research Interest
US Colonial and Early National, American Religion
Publications
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McMahon L. " A More Accurate and Extensive Education than is Customary": Educational Opportunities for Women in Early-Nineteenth-Century New Jersey. New Jersey History. 2009 Sep 22;124(1):1-28.
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Geissler S. Lutheranism and Anglicanism in colonial New Jersey: an early ecumenical experiment in New Sweden. Edwin Mellen Press; 1988 Jan.
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Geissler S. Jonathan Edwards to Aaron Burr, Jr: From the Great Awakening to Democratic Politics. Edwin Mellen Press; 1981.