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Said Arjomand

Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Stony Brook University
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Annette Aronowicz

Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis Professor Emerita of Judaic Studies and Professor Emerita of Religious Studies
Franklin and Marshall College
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Talal Asad

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies
City University of New York
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Gustavo Benavides

Associate Professor Emeritus of Theology and Religious Studies
Villanova University
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Courtney Bender

Tremaine Professor of Religion
Columbia University
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Judith A. Berling

Professor Emerita of Chinese and Comparative Religions
Graduate Theological Union
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Jeremy Biles

Associate Professor of Liberal Arts
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Janice Boddy

Professor Emerita of Anthropology
University of Toronto
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Stephen Bokenkamp

Regents Professor of Religious Studies and Chinese
Arizona State University
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Elias K. Bongmba

Harry and Hazel Chavanne Chair in Christian Theology and Professor of Religion
Rice University
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John Bowen

Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology
Washington University in St. Louis
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Virginia Burrus

The Bishop W. Earl Ledden Professor of Religion
Syracuse University
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Caroline Walker Bynum

Professor Emerita of European Medieval History
School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study
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José Cabezón

Dalai Lama Professor Emeritus of Tibetan Buddhism and Cultural Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Linell Cady

Professor Emerita of Religious Studies
Arizona State University
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John B. Carman

Parkman Professor Emeritus of Divinity
Harvard Divinity School
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Davíd Carrasco

Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America
Harvard Divinity School
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J. Kameron Carter

Professor of African American Studies
University of California, Irvine
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Elizabeth Castelli

Professor of Religion
Barnard College
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Mark Cladis

Brooke Russell Astor Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies
Brown University
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John E. Cort

Professor Emeritus of Religion
Denison University
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Paul B. Courtright

Professor Emeritus of Religion
Emory University
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Thomas Csordas

Distinguished Professor of Anthropology
University of California, San Diego
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Corinne G. Dempsey 

Professor of Religious Studies
Nazareth University
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David A. Dilworth

Professor of Philosophy
Stony Brook University
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Wendy Doniger

Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of the History of Religions
University of Chicago
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H. Byron Earhart

Professor Emeritus of Comparative Religion
Western Michigan University
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Richard M. Eaton

Professor of History
University of Arizona
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Gary L. Ebersole

Professor Emeritus of History and Religious Studies
University of Missouri–Kansas City
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Diana L. Eck

Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies and Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society
Harvard University
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Joseph W. Elder

Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Asian Languages and Cultures
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Carl W. Ernst

William R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Tamara Cohn Eskenazi

Effie Wise Ochs Professor Emerita of Biblical Literature and History
Hebrew Union College
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John L. Esposito

Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Religion, International Affairs, and Islamic Studies
Georgetown University
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Katherine Ewing

Professor of Religion
Columbia University
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Nancy Falk

Professor Emerita of Comparative Religion
Western Michigan University
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Gillian Feeley-Harnik

Professor Emerita of Anthropology
University of Michigan
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Anne Feldhaus

Professor Emerita of Religious Studies
Arizona State University
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David Frankfurter

William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of the Appreciation of Scripture and Professor of Religion
Boston University
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Ann Grodzins Gold

Thomas J. Watson Professor Emerita of Religion and Professor Emerita of Anthropology
Syracuse University
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Daniel Gold

Professor Emeritus of South Asian Religions and Culture
Cornell University
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Peter Gottschalk

Professor of Religion
Wesleyan University
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Fritz Graf

Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Classics
Ohio State University
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William A. Graham

Murray A. Albertson Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern Studies
Harvard University
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Ronald M. Green

Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor Emeritus for the Study of Ethics and Human Values in Religion
Dartmouth College
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Janet Gyatso

Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies
Harvard Divinity School
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Rosalind I. Hackett

Chencellor's Professor Emerita of Religious Studies
University of Tennessee
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Charles Hallisey

Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures
Harvard Divinity School
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Helen Hardacre

Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society
Harvard University
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John Stratton Hawley

Claire Tow Professor of Religion   
Columbia University
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Richard D. Hecht

Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Robert Hefner

Professor of Anthropology
Boston University
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Susannah Heschel

Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies
Dartmouth College
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Barbara A. Holdrege

Professor of Religious Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Jess Hollenback

Associate Professor Emeritus of History
University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
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John Clifford Holt

William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor Emeritus of the Humanities in Religion and Asian Studies
Bowdoin College
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Roger Jackson

John W. Nason Professor Emeritus of Asian Studies and Religion
Carleton College
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Martin S. Jaffee

Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies and Comparative Religion
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Greg B. Johnson

Professor of Religious Studies
Director, Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of  Ethics, Religion, and Public Life
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Paul C. Johnson

Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies
University of Michigan
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Sylvester A. Johnson

Professor of Religion and Culture
Director, Center for Humanities
Virginia Tech
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Sarah Iles Johnston

College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Religion
Ohio State University
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Mark Juergensmeyer

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Global Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Ousmane Oumar Kane

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society and Professor of African and African American Studies
Harvard University
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Thomas P. Kasulis

University Distinguished Scholar and Professor Emeritus of Comparative Studies
Ohio State University
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Steven T. Katz

Alvin J. and Shirley Slater Chair in Jewish and Holocaust Studies
Boston University
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Webb Keane

George Herbert Mead Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology
University of Michigan
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Laurel Kendall

Curator of Asian Ethnology
Professor, Richard Gilder Graduate School
American Museum of Natural History
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Pamela Klassen

Professor of the Study of Religion
University of Toronto
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Anne C. Klein

Professor of Religion
Rice University
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David M. Knipe

Professor Emeritus of Asian Languages and Cultures
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Ross S. Kraemer

Professor Emerita of Religious Studies and Judaic Studies
Brown University
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Jeffrey J. Kripal

J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought
Rice University
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Charles Kurzman

Professor of Sociology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Michael Lambek

Professor Emeritus of Antrhopology
University of Toronto Scarborough
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Bruce B. Lawrence

Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religion
Duke University
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E. Thomas Lawson

Professor Emeritus of Comparative Religion
Western Michigan University
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Nancy Levene

Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Religious Studies
Yale University
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Peggy Levitt

Mildred Lane Kemper Professor of Sociology
Wellesley College
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Kathryn Lofton

Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies
Yale University
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Shaul Magid

Distinguished Fellow in Jewish Studies
Dartmouth College
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William Malandra

Professor Emeritus of Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures
University of Minnesota
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Gurinder Singh Mann

Director, Global Institute for Sikh Studies
New York, NY
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Tomoko Masuzawa

Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and History
University of Michigan
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Elizabeth McAlister

Professor of Religion
Wesleyan University
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Jane D. McAuliffe

Distinguished Senior Research Fellow
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs
Georgetown University
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Kathryn McClymond

President
Oglethorpe University
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Rachel McDermott

Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures
Barnard College
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Azim Nanji

Special Advisor to the Provost
Aga Khan University
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Vasudha Narayanan

Distinguished Professor of Religion
University of Florida
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Gordon D. Newby

Goodrich C. White Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
Emory University
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Christian Novetzke

Professor of South Asia, Comparative Religion, and
International Studies
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies,
University of Washington
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Robert A. Orsi

Professor of Religious Studies
Northwestern University
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Laurie L. Patton

President
Middlebury College
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James L. Peacock

Kenan Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Anthony B. Pinn

Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religion
Rice University
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Sally M. Promey

Professor of American Studies and Religious Studies
Yale University
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Stephen Prothero

C. Allyn and Elizabeth V. Russell Professor of Religion
Boston University
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Fabio Rambelli

International Shinto Foundation Chair in Shinto Studies and Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Cultural Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Paula Richman

William H. Danforth Professor Emerita of South Asian Religions
Oberlin College
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Vernon K. Robbins

Winship Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Comparative Sacred Texts
Emory University
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Andy Rotman

Sydenham Clark Parsons Distinguished Professor of Religion, Buddhist Studies, and South Asian Studies
Smith College
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Stephen J. Shoemaker

Professor of Religious Studies
University of Oregon
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C. Peter Slater

Professor Emeritus of Theology
Trinity College, University of Toronto
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Ivan Strenski

Holstein Family and Community Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
University of California, Riverside
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John S. Strong

Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
Bates College
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Lawrence E. Sullivan

Professor Emeritus of Theology and Anthropology
University of Notre Dame
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Donald K. Swearer

Charles and Harriet Cox McDowell Professor Emeritus of Religion
Swarthmore College
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Ann Taves

Distinguished Professor Emerita of Religious Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Stephen F. Teiser

D. T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies and Professor of Religion
Princeton University
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Edward A. Tiryakian

Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Duke University
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Thomas A. Tweed

W. Harold and Martha Welch Professor of American Studies and Professor of History
University of Notre Dame
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Hugh Urban

College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Comparative Studies
Ohio State University
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Archana Venkatesan 

Professor of Religious Studies and Comparative Literature
University of California, Davis
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Christian K. Wedemeyer

Associate Professor of the History of Religions and Associate Faculty in South Asian Languages and Civilizations
University of Chicago
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Judith Weisenfeld

Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor of Religion
Princeton University
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Guy R. Welbon

Associate Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
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Robert R. Wilson

Hoober Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and Professor Emeritus of Old Testament
Yale Divinity School
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Elliot R. Wolfson

Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Chün-fang Yü

Sheng Yen Professor Emerita of Chinese Buddhism
Columbia University
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Malika Zeghal

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life
Harvard University
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Eric Ziolkowski

Helen H. P. Manson Professor of Bible
Lafayette College
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