Leah Payne

Oct 21, 2024 | prri.org | Leah Payne

Leah Payne, Ph.D., is an associate professor of religious history at Portland Seminary in Oregon and a 2023-2024 PRRI Public Fellow. She studies the influence of charismatic and Pentecostal Christianity on American politics.

May 13, 2024 | marshall.edu | Leah Payne

Today, Marshall University, in collaboration with Airbus Helicopters Inc. and Loft Dynamics, celebrated the arrival of inaugural equipment set to propel the university’s aviation program forward, encompassing rotor-wing education. In a ceremony at the Bill Noe Flight School, located at West Virginia International Yeager Airport, the H125 single engine helicopter arrived right on schedule for the unveiling ceremony.

Feb 16, 2024 | ministrywatch.com | Leah Payne |David Bahnsen |Preston Sprinkle |Brant Hansen

Editor’s Note:  Most Saturdays we will feature this “Editor’s Notebook” column. MinistryWatch President Warren Smith will offer his opinion on stories in the week’s news or, sometimes, offer a behind-the-scenes look at how and why we do what we do. In this week’s ‘Notebook”is Warren Smith’s list of books either released in the past quarter, or those he just got around to reading this quarter. To read last quarter’s list, published in November, click here. God Gave Rock and Roll to You by Leah Payne.

Feb 1, 2024 | powells.com | Leah Payne

SynopsisAn entertaining history of the soundtrack of American evangelical Christianity Few things frightened conservative white Protestant parents of the 1950s and the 1960s more than thought of their children falling prey to the "menace to Christendom" known as rock and roll. The raucous sounds of Elvis Presley and Little Richard seemed tailor-made to destroy the faith of their young and, in the process, undermine the moral foundations of the United States.

Jan 1, 2024 | libraryjournal.com | Leah Payne

. Feb. 2024. 240p. ISBN 9780197555248. $29.95. MUSIC COPY ISBN Payne (American religious history, Portland Seminary, George Fox Univ.; Gender and Pentecostal Revivalism) uses interviews with journalists, publishers, and artists and written sources in archives and periodicals to limn white evangelical Protestant U.S.-centric Christian music from the late 19th century through the present day.