Contact details
Room 2S10, Arts 1 (Burns) Building
Tel +64 3 479 8609
Email john.stenhouse@otago.ac.nz
Academic qualifications
1986: PhD Massey University
1980: BA(Hons) Massey University
Research interests
My research interests centre on the interconnections between science, religion, race, politics and gender in the modern world, using New Zealand as the major site of study. I am currently working on three projects: humanitarian and Maori Christians and their critics in colonial New Zealand; Christian missions and knowledge-making from the early church to the twenty-first century; and religion, politics, race and gender in southern Dunedin 1880–1940s.
Other interests
John is a member of the New Zealand Historical Association, the Religious History Association, the History of Science Society, the Pacific Circle Commission of the International Union for the History and Philosophy of Science, the Royal Society Historical Branch and a board member of the Otago Theological Foundation.
Publications
Stenhouse, J. (2025). Christian missionaries and indigenous go-betweens, 1790-1930. Proceedings of the Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (AAHPSSS) Conference. (pp. 59-60). Retrieved from https://aahpsss.net.au Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Stenhouse, J. (2025, September). Building a godly Commonwealth: The religious motivations and aspirations of Otago's first British migrants the Early Settlers. Nomads and migrants: People on the move, University of the Third Age (U3A), Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation]. Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2025, September). The Reverend Rutherford Waddell and Dunedin's Presbyterian heritage. Otago Scottish Heritage Council, Athenaeum, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation]. Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2025, June-July). Missionaries and Indigenous go-betweens in the history of science, medicine, and technology. Verbal presentation at the 27th International Congress of History of Science & Technology (ICHST): Peoples, Places, Exchanges, Circulation, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stenhouse, J. (2025). [Review of the book A bloody difficult subject: Ruth Ross, te Tiriti o Waitangi and the making of history]. Australian Journal of Politics & History, 71(1), 167-169. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12980 Journal - Research Other
2025
Journal - Research Other
Stenhouse, J. (2025). [Review of the book A bloody difficult subject: Ruth Ross, te Tiriti o Waitangi and the making of history]. Australian Journal of Politics & History, 71(1), 167-169. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12980
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Stenhouse, J. (2025). Christian missionaries and indigenous go-betweens, 1790-1930. Proceedings of the Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (AAHPSSS) Conference. (pp. 59-60). Retrieved from https://aahpsss.net.au
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stenhouse, J. (2025, June-July). Missionaries and Indigenous go-betweens in the history of science, medicine, and technology. Verbal presentation at the 27th International Congress of History of Science & Technology (ICHST): Peoples, Places, Exchanges, Circulation, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2025, September). Building a godly Commonwealth: The religious motivations and aspirations of Otago's first British migrants the Early Settlers. Nomads and migrants: People on the move, University of the Third Age (U3A), Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Stenhouse, J. (2025, September). The Reverend Rutherford Waddell and Dunedin's Presbyterian heritage. Otago Scottish Heritage Council, Athenaeum, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
2024
Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2024, August). Reverend Rutherford Waddell and the Dunedin campaign against sweated labour, 1888-1894. Invited presentation at the Rotary Club of Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Stenhouse, J. (2024, May). Reading Darwin during the New Zealand Wars: Science, Christianity, race and politics 1830-1890. The ICAST-NZCIS Conversations online series: Navigating the Nexus. [Research Presentation].
2023
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2023). Evolution, religion, and racial politics in New Zealand, 1814-1930. In B. Lightman & S. Qidwai (Eds.), Evolutionary theories and religious traditions: National, transnational, and global perspectives, 1800-1920. (pp. 166-192). Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Stenhouse, J. (2023). Churches, State and the New Zealand Wars, 1840-1872. Proceedings of the Wānanga Symposium. (pp. 16). [Abstract]
Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2023, April). Christianity in the South. Invited presentation at the Presbyterian Synod of Otago and Southland 157th Annual Meeting, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
2022
Journal - Research Article
Stenhouse, J. (2022). Reading Darwin during the New Zealand wars: Science, religion, politics and race, 1835–1900. Studies in History & Philosophy of Science, 96, 87-99. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2022.09.002
Journal - Research Other
Stenhouse, J. (2022). Hirini Kaa explores the history of the Māori Anglican Church [Review of the book Te Hāhi Mihinare: The Māori Anglican Church]. History Australia, 19(1), 181-183. doi: 10.1080/14490854.2022.2028560
Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2022, September). Reading Darwin during and after the New Zealand Wars, 1860-1890. History Programme Research Seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Stenhouse, J. (2022, September). Blowing the whistle on sweated labour: The Reverend Rutherford Waddell and the great anti-sweating campaign, 1880-1900. Whistleblowers: Honoured, vilified or forgotten?, University of the Third Age, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Stenhouse, J. (2022, March). Evolution and creation in New Zealand. Science & Belief in Society Podcast with James Riley and Richard Grove, International Research Network for the Study of Science & Belief in Society. Retrieved from https://scienceandbeliefinsociety.org/2022/03/15/s2-episode-5-evolution-and-creation-in-new-zealand-with-dr-john-stenhouse/
2021
Journal - Research Article
Stenhouse, J. (2021). Creationists and evolutionists in New Zealand, 1899-2010: Science, religion, politics, and race. Almagest, 12, 92-123. doi: 10.1484/J.ALMAGEST.5.125387
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stenhouse, J. (2021, June). Evolution, religion, politics and race in nineteenth century New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Workshop on Global History of Evolution and Religion, [Online].
Stenhouse, J. (2021, July). Evolution, religion, politics and race in nineteenth century New Zealand [Plenary session: The global history of science and religion in the long nineteenth century]. Verbal presentation at the International Research Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society (INSBS) Conference: STEMM and Belief in Diverse Contexts: Publics, Praxis, Policy and Pluralism, [Online].
Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2021, May). Class cleavage and the story of William Hutchison. Knox Church, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
Stenhouse, J. (2021, June). The decline of voluntary organizations in NZ since the 1960s. Rotary Club of Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Stenhouse, J. (2021, April). Why kiwis embraced lockdown so readily. Rotary Club of Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
2020
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2020). Missionary science. In H. R. Slotten, R. L. Numbers & D. N. Livingstone (Eds.), The Cambridge history of science (Vol. 8): Modern science in national, transnational, and global context. (pp. 90-107). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781139044301.008
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Stenhouse, J., & Shogimen, T. (2020). Why Kiwis embraced lockdown so willingly. Newsroom: Ideasroom, (4 May). Retrieved from https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/2020/05/04/1155032/why-did-kiwis-embrace-lockdown-so-willingly
Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2020, September). Science vs religion? Science & History talks, hosted by the Canterbury Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand and South Canterbury Museum, Timaru District Council chambers, Timaru, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Stenhouse, J. (2020, August). Reverend Rutherford Waddell: A most notable preacher. The Luck of the Irish series, Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Stenhouse, J. (2020, July). William Pember Reeves: God, nation and history. Canterbury Historical Association, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Stenhouse, J. (2020, July). Samuel Lister and the Otago Workman's war on women's suffrage. History Department Seminar, School of Humanities & Creative Arts, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
2019
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2019). Christian missionaries, science, and the complexity thesis in the nineteenth-century world. In B. Lightman (Ed.), Rethinking history, science and religion: An exploration of conflict and the complexity principle. (pp. 65-82). Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stenhouse, J., Hsia, F., & Slotten, H. R. (2019, December). Reflections on encounters and exchanges and the global history of science, technology, and medicine. Panel discussion at the Encounters & Exchanges Conference: Exploring the History of Science, Technology & Mātauranga, Blenheim, New Zealand.
Stenhouse, J. (2019, December). Missionaries and science in global context. Verbal presentation at the Encounters & Exchanges Conference: Exploring the History of Science, Technology & Mātauranga, Blenheim, New Zealand.
Stenhouse, J. (2019, August). Reading Darwin in colonial New Zealand: Beyond the conflict thesis [Invited]. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Christians in Science (NZCIS) Conference: Beyond Conflict: Evolution, Science and God, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Stenhouse, J. (2019, November). Reading Darwin during the New Zealand wars. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science (AAHPSSS) Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
Stenhouse, J. (2019, December). Sam Lister, the Otago Workman newspaper and denominational tensions in late nineteenth-century Dunedin. Verbal presentation at the Scotland's Colony? Rethinking Otago's Caledonian Connections Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
MacDonald, C., Wilkie, B., Wallace, V., McIlvanney, L., Stenhouse, J., & Goldie, D. (2019, December). Scotland’s colony? To what extent was Otago a Scottish colony? How does Otago complicate our understanding of Scotland’s involvement in empire? Panel discussion at the Scotland's Colony? Rethinking Otago's Caledonian Connections Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2019, July). Fundamentalism: the origins and history of a modern movement. University of the Third Age, Rangiora, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Stenhouse, J. (2019, September). Culture wars in God's own country. From Where to Here? Early Settlers from the Deep South, University of the Third Age, Invercargill, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Stenhouse, J. (2019, July). God's Own Country or secular New Zealand? Aspects of Religion, University of the Third Age, Timaru, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
2018
Edited Book - Research
Hofmeyr, J. W., & Stenhouse, J. (Eds.). (2018). Internationalising higher education: From South Africa to England via New Zealand : Essays in honour of Professor Gerald Pillay. Centurion, South Africa: Mediakor, 281p.
Paul, D. B., Stenhouse, J., & Spencer, H. G. (Eds.). (2018). Eugenics at the edges of empire: New Zealand, Australia, Canada and South Africa. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan, 320p. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64686-2
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2018). Charles Darwin, Robery Fitzroy, missionaries and Māori: Science and religion in 19th-century New Zealand. In J. W. Hofmeyr & J. Stenhouse (Eds.), Internationalising higher education: From South Africa to England via New Zealand: Essays in honour of Professor Gerald Pillay. (pp. 105-126). Centurion, South Africa: Mediakor.
Stenhouse, J. (2018). Undesirable Bill's undesirable bill: William Pember Reeves and eugenics in late-Victorian New Zealand. In D. B. Paul, J. Stenhouse & H. G. Spencer (Eds.), Eugenics at the edges of empire: New Zealand, Australia, Canada and South Africa. (pp. 129-151). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64686-2
Paul, D. B., Stenhouse, J., & Spencer, H. G. (2018). Introduction: Eugenics as a transnational subject: The British dominions. In D. B. Paul, J. Stenhouse & H. G. Spencer (Eds.), Eugenics at the edges of empire: New Zealand, Australia, Canada and South Africa. (pp. 1-19). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64686-2
Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. & Spencer, H. (2018, May). Researching the history of eugenics in New Zealand: What we learned. Bioethics Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2017
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2017). A peaceable Puritan? Rutherford Waddell and God's own country. In G. Troughton (Ed.), Saints and stirrers: Christianity, conflict and peacemaking in New Zealand, 1814-1945. (pp. 79-102). Wellington, NZ: Victoria University Press.
Stenhouse, J. (2017). The Bible and science. In G. B. Ferngren (Ed.), Science and religion: A historical introduction. (2nd ed.) (pp. 235-250). Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Stenhouse, J. (2017). Christian missionaries, science and the complexity thesis in the nineteenth century world. Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of History of Science and Technology. (pp. 488-489). Retrieved from http://www.ichst2017.sbhc.org.br/conteudo/view?ID_CONTEUDO=314
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stenhouse, J. (2017, November). Christian missions, science and medicine in nineteenth century China. Keynote presentation at the International Seminar on Cross-Cultural Discourse Studies, Fuzhou, China.
Lederer, S. E., Osborne, M. A., & Stenhouse, J. (2017, July). Science, technology, and medicine in local, regional, transnational, and global context. Panel discussion at the 25th International Congress of History of Science and Technology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Stenhouse, J. (2017, September). Scientists and God in colonial New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the God of Wonder Conference: Science Talks with Theology, Auckland, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2017, March). Undesirable Bill's undesirable bill: William Pember Reeves and eugenics in 1890s New Zealand. Bioethics Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Stenhouse, J. (2017, May). Luther, the Bible and science. Luther after 500 Years: The 'Tragic Necessity' of the Reformation Open Lecture series, Department of Theology & Religion, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
Stenhouse, J. (2017, March). God and Darwin in 19th century New Zealand. The Times They are a Changin' Series, University of the Third Age, Invercargill, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
2016
Edited Book - Other
Rae, M., Regan, H., & Stenhouse, J. (Eds.). (2016). Science and theology: Questions at the interface. London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic, 272p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2016). God, nation and history: William Pember Reeves and the writing of New Zealand history. In G. Troughton & S. Lange (Eds.), Sacred histories in secular New Zealand. (pp. 54-71). Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press.
Chapter in Book - Other
Stenhouse, J. (2016). Arguments for the existence of God from nature and science [Response]. In M. Rae, H. Regan & J. Stenhouse (Eds.), Science and theology: Questions at the interface. (pp. 87-96). London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Journal - Research Article
Stenhouse, J. (2016). From Ulster to New Zealand: The remarkable career of the Reverend Rutherford Waddell. Bulletin of the Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland, 40, 1-15.
Journal - Research Other
Stenhouse, J. (2016). [Review of the book Creationism in Europe]. Church History, 85(2), 419-421. doi: 10.1017/S0009640716000317
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Cahan, D., Stenhouse, J., Numbers, R., Shackelford, J., & Zeller, S. (2016, June). Modern science in national, transnational and global context. Panel discussion at the 8th British-North American Joint Meeting of the British Society for the History of Science (BSHS), the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS), and the History of Science Society (HSS): Transitions, Edmonton, Canada.
Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2016, November). Faith and science: Friend or foe? Southern Faith Forum, St. Paul's Invercargill, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Stenhouse, J. (2016, April). Can we find hope in our history? Presbyterian Synod of Otago and Southland Annual General Meeting (AGM), Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Stenhouse, J. (2016, 29 September). Can we judge the past by the standards of the present? Radio Live. Retrieved from http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Can-we-judge-the-past-by-the-standards-of-the-present/tabid/506/articleid/129334/Default.aspx
Stenhouse, J. (2016, 2 October). Historical racism and racists with John Stenhouse. Radio Live. Retrieved from http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Historical-racism-and-racists-with-John-Stenhouse/tabid/506/articleID/129459/Default.aspx
2015
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2015). Building "God's own country": The Reverend Rutherford Waddell, the global Irish, and New Zealand history. In C. Barr & H. M. Carey (Eds.), Religion and greater Ireland: Christianity and Irish global networks, 1750-1950. (pp. 340-362). Montreal, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Stenhouse, J. (2015). Wowser women and Puritan parsons: Religion and social reform in Victorian Dunedin, 1880-1900. Otago Settlers News, 126, 1-5.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stenhouse, J. (2015, November). Peace and a sword: The Reverend Rutherford Waddell as controversial conciliator. Verbal presentation at the "Peace, Not War, Shall Be Our Boast": Historical, Theological and Contemporary Perspectives on Peace and Christianity in New Zealand Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
Stenhouse, J. (2015, February). State experiments in the social laboratory of the world: "Undesirable Bill" Reeves' better Britain and it enemies. Verbal presentation at the Eugenics in British Colonial Contexts Symposium: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2015, October). Building God's own country: Religion and the Celtic diaspora. The Celtic Diaspora: Migrant Identity and Impact Series, University of the Third Age, Wanaka, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
2014
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2014). Missionaries and science and medicine. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 116-121). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Stenhouse, J. (2014). Calvin's own country? Calvinists, anti-Calvinists and the making of New Zealand culture. In M. Rae, P. Matheson & B. Knowles (Eds.), Calvin, the man and the legacy. (pp. 143-169). Adelaide, Australia: ATF Theology.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stenhouse, J. (2014, November). God, history and nation: William Pember Reeves and the writing of New Zealand history. Verbal presentation at the Combined Australian & New Zealand Religious History Conference: Religion in Conflict & Collaboration in the Modern World, Auckland, New Zealand.
Stenhouse, J. (2014, November). The conversion of missionaries? Octavius Hadfield and Maori Christianity. Verbal presentation at the Dialogues Symposium: Exploring the Drama of Early Missionary Encounters, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2014, 24 October). The Church Missionary Society. Marsden Online Archive. Hocken Library, University of Otago. Retrieved from http://marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/about/missionary
Stenhouse, J. (2014, May). Christian missions and science: Some historical perspectives. Department of History & Art History, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Stenhouse, J. (2014, May). Nineteenth-century New Zealand missionary encounters in global context. Historical Lectures Series, Opoho Presbyterian Church, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
2013
Journal - Research Article
Stenhouse, J. (2013). The passionate pastor: The cultural performances of the Reverend Rutherford Waddell. Journal of New Zealand Studies, 15, 22-35.
Paul, D. B., Stenhouse, J., & Spencer, H. G. (2013). The two faces of Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle and governor of New Zealand. Quarterly Review of Biology, 88(3), 219-225. doi: 10.1086/671485
Journal - Research Other
Stenhouse, J. (2013). [Review of the book Scrim: The man with a mike]. New Zealand Journal of History, 47(1), 96-98. [Book Review].
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stenhouse, J. (2013, May). Christian missions and the making and spreading of science and medicine around the world, 1492-2000. Verbal presentation at the Globalizing Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine Workshop, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Stenhouse, J. (2013, March). The secular state? Churches and politics in colonial New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Colonial Origins of New Zealand Politics and Government Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2013, September). Missionary science, 1700-2000. Society, Space and Culture Research Seminar, School of Geography, Archaeology and Paleoecology, Queen's University, Belfast, UK. [Research Presentation].
Stenhouse, J. (2013, September). The reception of Darwinism in New Zealand. Society, Space and Culture Research Seminar, School of Geography, Archaeology and Paleoecology, Queen's University, Belfast, UK. [Research Presentation].
Stenhouse, J. (2013, 10 November). The two faces of Robert Fitzroy. Radio New Zealand, Sunday Morning. Retrieved from https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2575829/john-stenhouse-the-two-faces-of-robert-fitzroy
2012
Journal - Research Article
Stenhouse, J. (2012). 'Like strychnine in its bones'? Puritanism, literary culture, and New Zealand history. Journal of New Zealand Literature, 30, 150-176.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stenhouse, J. (2012, December). Peace and a sword: The Rev. Rutherford Waddell and the making of modern New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Religion and Greater Ireland, 1788-1922, Symposium, Newcastle, Australia.
Stenhouse, J. (2012, November). The passionate pastor: The cultural performances of Rev. Rutherford Waddell, 1879-1930. Verbal presentation at the Commanding an Audience: Performance in Colonial Culture Colloquium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Redding, G., Thomson, C., Lineham, P., Bradstock, A., & Stenhouse, J. (2012, August). 'He being dead yet speaketh': Waddell in the 21st century [Panel discussion]. Verbal presentation at the No Sweat: Rutherford Waddell & the Sin of Cheapness Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Stenhouse, J. (2012, August). The passionate pastor: Rutherford Waddell, popular religion and social reform in Dunedin, 1879-1930. Verbal presentation at the No Sweat: Rutherford Waddell & the Sin of Cheapness Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Stenhouse, J. (2012, August). Empire, nation and religion: New Zealand perspectives. Verbal presentation at the Writing Colonial Histories Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2011
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2011). Selwyn through settler eyes. In A. K. Davidson (Ed.), A controversial churchman: Essays on George Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield, and Sarah Selwyn. (pp. 88-103). Wellington, New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books.
Stenhouse, J. (2011). Church and state in New Zealand, 1835-1870: Religion, politics, and race. In H. M. Carey & J. Gascoigne (Eds.), Church and state in old and new worlds. (pp. 233-259). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
Stenhouse, J. (2011). The controversy over the recognition of religious factors in New Zealand history: Some reflections. In G. Troughton & H. Morrison (Eds.), The spirit of the past: Essays on Christianity in New Zealand history. (pp. 43-54). Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Stenhouse, J. (2011). ‘The church of the present day is a gigantic fraud’: Sam Lister's war on the churches in late-Victorian Dunedin. Proceedings of the New Zealand Historical Association Conference: Past Tensions: Reflections on Making History. Retrieved from http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass/NZHA2011/
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stenhouse, J. (2011, February). Popular and unpopular Presbyterianism among the Scottish diaspora: The case of Sam Lister. Verbal presentation at the Centre for Irish & Scottish Studies Symposium on the History and Literature of the Scottish Diaspora: Global Scots, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Stenhouse, J. (2011, 20 March). Secularism vs the church during the time of the Gold Rush. Radio New Zealand, Sunday Morning. Retrieved from https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2474786/dr-john-stenhouse
2010
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2010). The Darwinian debates in Dunedin. In D. Galloway & J. Timmins (Eds.), Aspects of Darwin: A New Zealand celebration. (pp. 104-119). Dunedin, New Zealand: Friends of the Knox College Library, Hewitson Library, Knox College.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stenhouse, J. (2010, November). 'Like strychnine in its bones': Calvin, Burns, Baxter and the pattern of New Zealand culture. Verbal presentation at the Centre for Irish Studies and Scottish Studies Symposium: 'Dead Man's Ember': James K. Baxter and Robert Burns, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Stenhouse, J. (2010). Review of historical account on Ngāti Porou (North Island) claim. Commissioned by Office of Treaty Settlements. Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of History, University of Otago. 10p.
2009
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2009). Religion and society. In G. Byrnes (Ed.), The new Oxford history of New Zealand. (pp. 323-356). Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stenhouse, J. (2009, April). Selwyn through settler eyes. Verbal presentation at the Selwyn Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand.
Stenhouse, J. (2009, June). God and Darwin in nineteenth-century New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Theological Meaning of Evolution Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
Stenhouse, J. (2009, September). The Darwinian debates in 19th century Dunedin. Verbal presentation at the Aspects of Darwin Symposium: A Bicentennial Celebration, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Stenhouse, J. (2009, August). Calvin's own country? Calvinists, antiCalvinists and the making of New Zealand culture. Verbal presentation at the Calvin Rediscovered Conference: New Zealand and International Perspectives, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2008
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2008). Secular New Zealand? Or God's own country. In B. Patrick (Ed.), New Vision New Zealand (Vol. III). (pp. 79-92). Auckland, New Zealand: Tabernacle Books.
2007
Edited Book - Research
Stenhouse, J., & Knowles, B. (Eds.). (2007). Christianity in the post secular West. Adelaide, Australia: ATF Press, 290p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2007). Introduction. In J. Stenhouse & B. Knowles (Eds.), Christianity in the post secular West. (pp. vii-xv). Adelaide, Australia: ATF Press.
Journal - Research Article
Beattie, J., & Stenhouse, J. (2007). Empire, environment and religion: God and the natural world in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand. Environment & History, 13, 413-446.
Journal - Research Other
Stenhouse, J. (2007). [Review of the book Nature and the Godly empire: Science and evangelical mission in the Pacific, 1795-1850]. International History Review, XXIX(1), 143-144.
2006
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2006). Galileo's dilemma. In R. Priestley (Ed.), The elegant universe of Albert Einstein: The collected lectures of the Royal Society of New Zealand E=MC2 series, broadcast on National Radio. (pp. 145-163). Wellington, New Zealand: Awa Press.
Journal - Research Article
Stenhouse, J. (2006). Christianity, gender, and the working class in Southern Dunedin, 1880-1940. Journal of Religious History, 30(1), 18-44.
Journal - Research Other
Stenhouse, J. (2006). [Review of the book Nature and the Godly Empire: Science and Evangelical Mission in the Pacific, 1795-1850]. British Journal for the History of Science, 39(4), 593-595.
2005
Edited Book - Research
Stenhouse, J., & Wood, G. A. (Eds.). (2005). Christianity, modernity and culture: New perspectives on New Zealand history. Adelaide, Australia: ATF Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2005). Christianity, women and the working class: A Dunedin case study 1885-1935. In J. Stenhouse & G. A. Wood (Eds.), Christianity, modernity and culture: New perspectives on New Zealand history. (pp. 157-179). Adelaide, Australia: ATF Press.
Stenhouse, J. (2005). Introduction. In J. Stenhouse & G. A. Wood (Eds.), Christianity, modernity and culture: New perspectives on New Zealand history. (pp. 1-22). Adelaide, Australia: ATF Press.
Beattie, J., & Stenhouse, J. (2005). God and the natural world in nineteenth-century New Zealand. In J. Stenhouse & G. A. Wood (Eds.), Christianity, modernity and culture: New prespectives of New Zealand history. (pp. 180-206). Adelaide: ATF Press.
Stenhouse, J. (2005). Church, occupation and class in southern Dunedin, 1890-1940. In M. Fairburn & E. Olssen (Eds.), Class, gender and the vote: Historical perspectives from New Zealand. (pp. 51-74). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press.
Journal - Research Article
Stenhouse, J. (2005). Imperialism, atheism, and race: Charles Southwell, old corruption, and the Maori. Journal of British Studies, 44(4), 754-774.
2004
Edited Book - Research
Stenhouse, J., & Thomson, J. (Eds.). (2004). Building God's own country: Historical essays on religions in New Zealand. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 278p.
Stenhouse, J., Knowles, B., & assisted by Wood, A. (Eds.). (2004). The future of Christianity: Historical, sociological, political and theological perspectives from New Zealand. Adelaide: ATF Press, 241p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J., & Paterson, L. (2004). Ngā poropiti me ngā Hāhi: Prophets and the curches. In T. M. Ka'ai, J. C. Moorfield, M. P. J. Reilly & S. Mosley (Eds.), Ki te Whaiao: An introduction to Māori culture and society. (pp. 171-180). Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson Education New Zealand.
Stenhouse, J., & Knowles, B. (2004). Introduction. In J. Stenhouse & B. Knowles (Eds.), The future of Christianity: Historical, sociological, political and theological perspectives from New Zealand. (pp. vii-xii). Adelaide: ATF Press.
Stenhouse, J. (2004). Introduction. In J. Stenhouse & J. Thomson (Eds.), Building God's own country: Historical esssays on religions in New Zealand. (pp. 9-18). Dunedin: University of Otago Press.
Numbers, R. L., & Stenhouse, J. (2004). Anti-evolutionism in the Antipodes: From protesting evolution to promoting creationism in New Zealand. In S. Coleman & L. Carlin (Eds.), The cultures of creationism: Anti-evolutionism in English-speaking countries. (pp. 125-144). Aldershot, England: Ashgate.
Journal - Research Article
Stenhouse, J. (2004). God's own silence: Secular nationalism, Christianity and the writing of New Zealand history. New Zealand Journal of History, 38(1), 52-71.
Journal - Research Other
Stenhouse, J. (2004). The view from somewhere [Review of the book Putting science in its place: Geographies of scientific knowledge]. Books & Culture, 10(3), 39-40.
2003
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (2003). God, the devil and gender. In B. Brookes, A. Cooper & R. Law (Eds.), Sites of gender: Women, men and modernity in Southern Dunedin, 1890-1939. (pp. 313-347). Auckland University Press.
Journal - Research Other
Stenhouse, J. (2003). [Review of the book The enterprise of science in Islam: New perspectives]. New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, 5(2), 187-188.
2002
Journal - Research Other
Stenhouse, J. (2002). [Review of the book The Bishop's Paper: A History of the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Auckland]. New Zealand Books. [Book Review].
Stenhouse, J. (2002). [Review of the book A History of the Churches in Australasia]. Evangelical Studies Bulletin. [Book Review].
Stenhouse, J. (2002). [Review of the book A History of the Churches in Australasia]. Books & Culture. [Book Review].
2001
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Stenhouse, J. (2001). Christianity, science, and New Zealand society: Harold Turner and John Morton in historical perspective. In L. R. B. Mann (Ed.), Science and Christianity. (pp. 9-28). Auckland: University of Auckland Centre for Continuing Education. [Abstract]
2000
Edited Book - Research
Ahdar, R. J., & Stenhouse, J. (Eds.). (2000). God and Government: The New Zealand Experience. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 146p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J., & Ahdar, R. J. (2000). Introduction. In R. J. Ahdar & J. Stenhouse (Eds.), God and Government: The New Zealand Experience. (pp. 9-20). Dunedin: University of Otago Press.
Stenhouse, J. (2000). Genesis and science. In G. B. Ferngren (Ed.), The history of science and religion in the Western tradition: An encyclopedia. (pp. 76-78). New York: Garland.
Stenhouse, J. (2000). Religion, politics, and the New Zealand wars 1860-1872. In R. Ahdar & J. Stenhouse (Eds.), God and Government: The New Zealand Experience. (pp. 21-40). Dunedin: University of Otago.
Journal - Research Article
Numbers, R. L., & Stenhouse, J. (2000). Antievolutionism in the Antipodes: From protesting evolution to promoting creationism. British Journal for the History of Science, 33(3), 335-350.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Stenhouse, J. (2000). The creation-evolution debate: Some historical reflections. Stimulus, 8(3), 2-5.
1999
Edited Book - Research
Numbers, R. L., & Stenhouse, J. (Eds.). (1999). Disseminating Darwinism: the Role of Place, Race, Religion and Gender. New York: Cambridge University Press, 300p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Numbers, R. L., & Stenhouse, J. (1999). Introduction. In R. L. Numbers & J. Stenhouse (Eds.), Disseminating Darwinism: The Role of Place, Race, Religion and Gender. (pp. 1-6). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Stenhouse, J. (1999). Darwinism in New Zealand, 1859-1900. In R. L. Numbers & J. Stenhouse (Eds.), Disseminating Darwinism: The Role of Place, Race, Religion, and Gender. (pp. 61-90). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Journal - Research Article
Stenhouse, J. (1999). Churches, state, and the New Zealand Wars:1860-1872. Journal of Law & Religion, 13(2), 101-127.
Moloughney, B., & Stenhouse, J. (1999). 'Drug-besotten, sin-begotten fiends of filth': New Zealand and the Oriental Other. New Zealand Journal of History, 33(1), 43-64.
1998
Journal - Research Article
Stenhouse, J. (1998). Catholicism, science, and modernity: the case of William Miles Maskell. Journal of Religious History, 22, 59-82.
Journal - Research Other
Stenhouse, J. (1998). [Review of the book Monad to man: The concept of progress in evolutionary biology]. Metascience, 7(1), 52-55. doi: 10.1007/BF02913275
1996
Chapter in Book - Research
Stenhouse, J. (1996). Alfred Kingcome Newman. In C. Orange (Ed.), Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Vol III, 1901-1920. (pp. 358-359). Auckland, Wellington: Auckland University Press and the Department of In.
Journal - Research Article
Stenhouse, J. (1996). 'A disappearing race before we came here': Dr Alfred Kingcome Newman, the dying Maori and Victorian scientific racism. New Zealand Journal of History, 30(2), 124-140.