Joel F. Harrington has published seven books on the religious and social history of pre-modern Germany. His most recent work is Dangerous Mystic, an account of the life and times of Meister Eckhart. Previous publications include The Faithful Executioner, which has been translated into fourteen languages, and The Unwanted Child, winner of the Roland H. Bainton prize in History. He is currently Centennial Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, where he teaches classes ranging from the Historical Jesus to Religion and Magic in Early Modern Europe. He lives in Nashville.
