Stephen Pope is a professor of theology at Boston College and a frequent commentator on church affairs and the papacy. He is author of The Evolution of Altruism and the Ordering of Love and writes about different forms of love in Christian thought, Christian ethics, justice, and charity, and evolutionary theory.

Philip A. Cunningham is a professor and director of the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Before that he was a theology professor at Boston College and executive director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning. The center is “devoted to the multifaceted development and implementation of new relationships between Christians and Jews […]

Rachel McCleary is Senior Research Fellow, Taubman Center, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Research Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute. Rachel Holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Chicago, a Master of Theological Studies from Emory University, and a B.A. from Indiana University. She co-wrote the […]

Robert J. Barro, professor of economics at Harvard University, co-wrote with Rachel McCleary the papers “International Determinants of Religiosity” and “Religion and Economic Growth.” Read a March 7, 2004, Boston Globe article on Barro and McCleary’s research. Barro writes regularly for The Wall Street Journal. 

Michael C. Keith is a professor of communication at Boston College and a radio historian.

Sarbpreet Singh is a Boston-based coordinator of the Gurmat Sangeet Project, which teaches Sikh children a form of singing worship practiced in some Sikh services.

The Pluralism Project at Harvard University offers a state-by-state search engine for religious communities.

Harvard University’s Pluralism Project maintains an archive of newspaper and magazine articles published between 1997 and 2011 on different faiths. For recent articles, visit the Religious Diversity News Feed service.

Opened in 2002 as a place for people to explore the life, ideas, and achievements of Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy.