David R. Bains is the S. Louis and Ann W. Armstrong Professor of Religion at Samford University. His histories of theology, worship, and religious architecture have appeared in The...view moreDavid R. Bains is the S. Louis and Ann W. Armstrong Professor of Religion at Samford University. His histories of theology, worship, and religious architecture have appeared in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to World Christianity and The Encyclopedia of Religion in America among others.view less