Andrew Johnson is a research associate with the University of Southern California’s Religious Competition and Creative Innovation initiative. He is conducting a research project, “Religion Behind Bars: Pentecostalism in Brazilian Prisons and the Social Consequences of Religious Prisoners,” through a grant from USC’s Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative. He has conducted research on Pentecostalism inside […]

Chong Xiang is a professor of economics at Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind. 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.

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.

The Rev. Robert Dowd is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Ind. He is conducting a research project, “The Roman Catholic Charismatic Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa: Its Causes and Consequences,” 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 […]

Graham K. Brown is a professor of international development at the University of Western Australia. He conducted a research project, “Theological Resources, Ethnic Boundaries and Civil Society: A Case Study of Charismatic Churches in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia,” through a grant from the University of Southern California’s Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative.

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.