Gordon Hanson is a professor of economics and holds the Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations at the University of California at San Diego. He is conducting a research project, “The Global Marketplace for Christianity,” through a grant from the University of Southern California’s Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative.

Henri Gooren is an associate professor of anthropology at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. He is conducting a research project, “The Pentecostalization of Religion and Society in Paraguay and Chile,” through a grant from the University of Southern California’s Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative.

Richard Burgess is a lecturer in ministerial theology at the University of Roehampton in London. He is conducting a research project, “Pentecostal Spiritualities, Inter-Religious Relations and Civic Engagement: A Comparative Study of Nigeria and Zambia,” through a grant from the University of Southern California’s Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative. He can speak about Pentecostalism in […]

Chad Bauman is an associate professor of religion at Butler University in Indianapolis. He is conducting a research project, “Pentecostals, Charismatics, Conversion and Hindu-Christian Conflict in Contemporary India,” through a grant from the University of Southern California’s Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative.

Febe Armanios is an associate professor of history at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt. She is conducting a research project, “Coptic Charismatic Renewal in Egypt: A Modern History,” through a grant from the University of Southern California’s Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative. She specializes in Coptic Christians in the Middle East.

Zainal Abidin Bagir directs the Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies at Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia. He researches religious life in Indonesia, the philosophy of religion and religion and science. He has written on Islam and the environment.

Melissa Moschella is an assistant professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. Her areas of expertise include religious freedom, marriage and sexual ethics, church-state issues and bioethics. Moschella is a frequent commentator to the media. See contributions she made in 2014 to The Washington Post and National Review, as well as appearances she made on […]

Andrew Abela is dean of the School of Business and Economics and associate professor of marketing at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. Abela focuses his research on the integrity of the marketing process, including marketing ethics, Catholic social doctrine and internal communication. He is co-editor of A Catechism for Business: Tough Ethical Questions […]

Michael Gorman is an associate professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. Gorman is an expert in metaphysics, human nature, analytic philosophy and medieval philosophy.