Brasher, John Lawrence: - John Lawrence Brasher, PhD, a native of New Jersey, is Denson N. Franklin Professor of Religion Emeritus at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. Educated at Duke University and Yale University, his publications and research include eighteenth- and nineteenth-century religion in America, Revolutionary War history, folklore, oral history, American music, American decorative arts, American environmental history, environmental ethics, and botanical history and field studies. He has taught at Duke University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Catawba College, and Birmingham-Southern College. He received the Preservationist Award from the Alabama Sierra Club for his work in preserving old-growth forests and the Excellence in Teaching Award from Birmingham-Southern College.