Dr. Sara Silvestri is an interdisciplinary social scientist fascinated by the role of faith in society and in international relations and its implications for the governance of an increasingly diverse Europe.  Specifically, she specializes in Islam and Muslim political mobilization in Europe; Islamism; religion, politics and public policy; governance of religious pluralism, faith-based movements and lobbies, […]

Christopher H. Evans is professor of history of Christianity and Methodist studies at Boston University School of Theology. He is co-editor of The Faith of 50 Million: Baseball, Religion and American Culture, a collection of essays on religious motifs in baseball.

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ferndale, Mich., uses African drums in worship and holds classes to teach worshippers how to use them.

The Temple of Universal Judaism, Congregation Daat Elohim in New York, N.Y., uses drums in worship.

St. Francis Episcopal Church in College Station, Texas, uses drums in worship.

Mitziut Jewish Community in East Rogers Park, Ill., has incorporated drum circles in its worship. Contact Rabbi Menachem Cohen.

The Metropolitan Baptist Church of Houston has four praise bands that use drums.

Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in Springfield, Mass., has a Latino congregation that uses drums.

Thomas J. Csordas is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. Csordas studies comparative religion and cultural phenomenology.