Joseph T. Cochran, Ph.D.

Visiting Instructor of History

Introduction

Joseph T. Cochran is a Visiting Instructor of History. He teaches survey and upper-level courses in Global, European and American history.

Curriculum Vitae

Research Overview

Cochran’s monograph, Jonathan Edwards and Hebrews (Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2025), is an intellectual history of how the early American pastor and philosopher, Jonathan Edwards, interpreted and applied the Epistle to the Hebrews to his ministerial context and for his wider global influence. Cochran is currently writing a brand history of evangelicals, tentatively title Brand Evangelicals (Brazos Press, 2027), which conveys the story of their social, cultural and political influence from the late 1930s to today.

Select Publications

• Joseph T. Cochran, Brand Evangelicals (Brazos Press, forthcoming 2027).
• Joseph T. Cochran, Jonathan Edwards and Hebrews: A Harmonic Interpretation of Scripture, New Directions in Jonathan Edwards Studies, Edited by Harry S. Stout, Kenneth P. Minkema, and Adriaan C. Neele (Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2025).
• Joseph T. Cochran, ”Jonathan Edwards and His World of Harmony,” Jonathan Edwards Studies 13, No. 1–2 (2023):23–44.
• Joseph T. Cochran, “Jonathan Edwards’s Harmonic Interpretation of Hebrews 12:22–24,” Jonathan Edwards Studies 10, No. 1 (2020): 20–47

Teaching Focus

Cochran’s teaching focuses include courses on Global History, the History of Western Civilization, American History, Atlantic Colonial History, History of Religion, Church History, Print Culture History, History of Personal Narratives, the History of Magic and Folklore and Evangelical History.

Previous Roles

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Wheaton College, 2020-2024
• Social Media Coordinator, The Conference on Faith and History, 2020-2024
• Adjunct Professor, Trinity Christian College, 2019-2021
• Assistant Director, Jonathan Edwards Center at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2015-2019