Stephen Vicchio

Stephen Vicchio is the author of more than forty books, including in-depth studies of the religious beliefs of Ronald Reagan, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson. Other previous books include Evil in World Religions; TheIdea of the Demonic; and Muslim Slaves in the Chesapeake: 1634 to 1865.

Known to many as "Baltimore's philosopher laureate," he is the recipient of numerous writing awards in various genres, including first prize at the Young American Playwrights Conference; the A. D. Emmart Award for Outstanding Writing in the Humanities; the Frank Muir Prize for fiction; the Thomas Gray Prize for most distinguished doctoral thesis in a British university; and Professor of the Year in the state of Maryland.

Before his retirement from academia in 2016, he taught for more than forty years at the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins, St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, and various other institutions across the United States and Great Britain.