Jonathan C. Smith is an assistant professor of American studies at St. Louis University and is researching African-American funerary customs.  

Andrew D. Walsh is assistant professor of religion and philosophy at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo. He wrote the book Religion, Economics, and Public Policy: Ironies, Tragedies, and Absurdities of the Contemporary Culture Wars (Praeger, 2000). Contact him via his website.

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