Stacy L Patty

Religion and Culture, Islam, Hinduism, Comparative Theology

Stacy Patty is Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Honors Program at Lubbock Christian University.

nathan rein

Religion, religious studies, protestant reformation, religion and violence

Nathan Rein is an asssistant professor of religious studies at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania.

Stephen Healey

Religious-ethical and social implications of genomics (with a colleague), Working on a book-length treatment of religion and conflict analysis, Religious-ethical and social implications of the internet

Stephen Healey is an Associate Professor at the University of Bridgeport. He directs the Program in World Religions and participates in the Univeristy's Honors Program.

John B. Switzer

Completing doctoral dissertation on interreligious learning through the Institute of Religious Education & Pastoral Ministry at Boston College, and applying for a tenure-track position in historical theology at Spring Hill College ("the Jesuit College of the South, " Mobile, Alabama).

John B. Switzer is completing the PhD in theology and education from Boston College. Having lost most of his hair, he is struggling to make meaning from the experience of being a middle-aged male embarking upon a relatively new career in higher education. His soon-to-be-defended doctoral dissertation is on the topic of interreligious literacy. His foundational thesis argues that if it ever was, it is now no longer acceptable--or wise--for religious institutions to teach about their religion alone. Believers must be formed by and informed of their own religious tradition, to be sure, but the effort to sponsor and support a particular religious identity is best accomplished within a context of interreligious dialogue marked by authentic and preemptive acts of hospitality.