About the author
James R. Lewis, Ph.D. (2003), is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Troms. He is also the author of over a hundred articles and book chapters, and the author, editor or co-editor of two dozen monographs and anthologies.
Kjersti Hellesyholds a MA in religious studies from the University of Troms. She has published articles about radical Islam in Chechnya; religion and violence; and Scientology, most notably about Independent Scientology.
Contributors are Matthew Charet, Dorthe Refslund Christensen, Carole M. Cusack, Bernard Doherty, Marco Frenschkowski, Liselotte Frisk, Kjersti Hellesy, Don Jolly, James R. Lewis, Renee Lockwood, Andrs Mt-Tth, Gbor Dniel Nagy, Johanna Petsche, Erin Prophet, Susan Raine, David G. Robertson, Mikael Rothstein, Lisbeth Tuxin Rubin, Nicole S. Ruskell, Shannon Trosper Schorey, Michelle Swainson, Inga Brdsen Tllefsen, Hugh G. Urban, Donald A. Westbrook, Benjamin Zeller