Kathryn Lofton is the Sarai Ribicoff Associate Professor of American Studies and Religious Studies at Yale University, an Editor-at-Large for The Immanent Frame, and co-curator (with John Lardas Modern) of Frequencies. A specialist in nineteenth and twentieth-century U.S. religions, she has written on the histories of evangelicalism, consumerism, African American religion, and the academic study of religion. Her first book, Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon, was published by the University of California Press in 2011. She is currently working on several projects, including a study of sexuality and religion; an analysis of parenting practices in twentieth-century America; and a religious history of Bob Dylan. Read Kathryn Lofton's interview with Nathan Schneider.