Christopher Oldstone-Moore is a graduate of Carleton College and the University of Chicago (Ph.D. 1992) with specialization in modern Britain, France and the U.S. He has published works on English Nonconformity, including his first book, Hugh Price Hughes: Founder of a New Methodism, Conscience of a New Nonconformity (University of Wales Press, 1999). Currently, the focus of his research is gender and masculinity.

He has taught at the University of Chicago, Carleton College, and Augustana College, Antioch College, Miami University at Middletown and Wittenberg University. He lives in Greencastle, Indiana, with his wife Jennifer.