Stephen J. Stein

Stephen Joseph Stein (March 22, 1940 - January 12, 2022) was an American academic, author, and educator. His writings focused on religion in the United States. He was the Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and served as President of the American Society of Church History. He is known especially for his writing on eighteenth-century religious thought, particularly the Shakers, Jonathan Edwards, and new religious movements. His 1992 book The Shaker Experience in America won the Philip Schaff prize from the American Society of Church History and has been seen as a definitive work on the topic.