The Charles
Press, Publishers
Contributors
to
How Different Religions View Death and Afterlife, Second Edition
Assemblies of God
Stanley M. Horton, ThD, a leading Pentecostal scholar, is Distinguished
Professor Emeritus of Bible and Theology at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary and
the General Editor at Logion Press, Springfield, Missouri. He is the author of numerous
books, including What the Bible Says About the Holy Spirit, The Ultimate Victory
and a major study on the Book of Acts.
Baha'i
John S. Hatcher, PhD is
Professor of English Literature at the University of South Florida. He is the author of The
Ocean of His Words: A Reader’s Guide to the Art of Baha’u’llah, The
Law of Love Enshrined, The Purpose of Physical Reality and The Arc of Ascent,
as well as a children’s book, a novel and collections of poetry.
Baptist
William L. Hendricks,
PhD, ThD is Director of Baptist Studies and Lecturer in Theology at Brite Divinity School.
Formerly Senior Professor of Christian Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,
he is the author of The Doctrine of Man, A Theology for Aging and Who
is Jesus Christ? among other books on scripture.
Buddhism
Anne C. Klein, PhD is
Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University. She is the
author of four books, including Meeting the Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists,
Feminists and the Art of the Self and Knowledge and Liberation: An Epistemological
Analysis in Support of Transformative Religious Experience. Dr. Klein is co-director
of Dawn Mountain, a Tibetan Buddhist community center and research institute in Houston.
Christian Science
Elaine R. Follis, PhD is Jeanne and George Todd Professor of Religious Studies and Associate Dean of
Faculty at Principia College in Elsah, Illinois. She is a contributor to The Anchor
Bible Dictionary, writes frequently for Christian Science periodicals and is a
practicing Christian Scientist. Dr. Follis is currently researching the history of
Christian Science in Germany during the Third Reich.
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints
Richard M. Eyre, a management consultant and writer based in Salt Lake
City, holds degrees from Utah State, Brigham Young and Harvard Universities. A prolific
author and lecturer, he served as a missionary in New York City and later as a Mormon
Mission President in London.
Churches of Christ
Thomas H. Olbricht, PhD is Distinguished Professor of Religion, Emeritus, at Pepperdine
University. His books include Power to Be, He Loves Forever, The Message of Ephesians
and Colossians, and Hearing God’s Voice: My Life with Scriptures in the Churches of
Christ. Dr. Olbricht is the Founder and Director of the Christian Scholars Conference.
Hinduism
Anne Mackenzie Pearson,
PhD is Lecturer in Religious Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, where
she teaches courses in Indian religion and culture, world religions and women’s role
in religion. Dr. Pearson is the author of Because It Gives Me Peace of Mind:
Ritual Fasts in the Lives of Hindu Women.
Islam
Jane Idleman Smith, PhD is
Professor of the History of Religions at Hartford Seminary. A former Lecturer in
Comparative Religion at Harvard Divinity School, she is the author of The Concept of
Islam in the History of Qur’anic Studies, the co-author of Islamic
Understanding of Death and Resurrection, and the editor of the journal, Women in
Contemporary Muslim Society.
Judaism
Rabbi Alan L. Ponn, a
graduate of Columbia University and Hebrew Union College, has served congregations in
several states, including Temple Beth Shalom in Danville, Virginia. During his rabbinical
career he has also worked as a chaplain and a religious columnist.
Lutheran
Daniel E. Lee, PhD, a
leading Lutheran scholar, is Professor of Religion at Augustana College. His books include
Death and Dying: Ethical Choices in a Caring Community, On the Porch and on the
Trail, Hope is Where We Least Expect to Find It and Generations and the
Challenge of Justice.
Presbyterianism
Ben Lacy Rose, ThD, DD has served as an Army chaplain and as the pastor of several Presbyterian
congregations. A distinguished emeritus professor at the Union Theological Seminary in
Richmond, Dr. Rose has served in positions of national leadership in the Presbyterian
Church. He is also a prolific author and a well-known leader of religious seminars.
Quakerism
Arthur O. Roberts, PhD
is Professor-at-Large at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. He is editor of the
journal, Quaker Religious Thought and is the author of Tomorrow is Growing Old:
Stories of Quakers in Alaska and Messengers of God: The Sensuous Side of
Spirituality as well as a theologically reflective autobiography, Drawn by the Light.
Roman Catholicism
Rev. Francis X.
Cleary, SJ is Professor of Theology at St. Louis University and scripture columnist for
the St. Louis Review. He holds a doctorate in sacred theology from the Gregorian
University and a licentiate in sacred scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute. A
group and seminar leader in the St. Louis area, Fr. Cleary is also a regional and national
lecturer.
Seventh-day Adventists
Robert M.
Johnston, PhD is Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at the Seventh-day
Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University. An Adventist missionary for 12 years
in Korea and the Philippines, he has traveled extensively in the Far East and is the
author of numerous articles in scholarly journals and religious publications.
Unitarian Universalism
George N.
Marshall, PhD, DD, former minister and Religious Editor at the Church of the Larger
Fellowship in Boston, has served a number of Unitarian-Universalist congregations during
his long career. He is the author of many books and articles, most notably Challenge
of a LUnity Rev. James Gaither, MA is an ordained Unity minister and Chair of the
Department of Metaphysical Studies and Skills at the Unity School for Religious Studies in
Unity Village, Missouri. Ordained in 1979, he came to Unity School in 1984 after serving a
congregation in Collinsville, Illinois.iberal Faith and Facing Death and Grief.
United Methodist Church
James
Ivey Warren, Jr., PhD, a graduate of Duke and Glasgow Universities, has served as a
Methodist minister and chaplain in Scotland and has had a distinguished teaching career,
most notably as Cadwallader Professor of Global Evangelism and the Mission of the Church
at Scarritt Graduate School in Nashville. Dr. Warren is the author of Workbook on Vital
Evangelism.
Unity
Rev. James Gaither, MA is
an ordained Unity minister and Chair of the Department of Metaphysical Studies and Skills
at the Unity School for Religious Studies in Unity Village, Missouri. Ordained in 1979, he
came to Unity School in 1984 after serving a congregation in Collinsville, Illinois.
Zoroastriansim
Jamsheed K.
Choksy, PhD is
Associate Professor of Near Eastern, Iranian and Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana
University. He is the author of several books, including An Introduction to Zoroastrianiam,
Earliest Zoroastrianism, Purity and Pollution in Zoroastrianism and The Avesta: A
New Translation of the Zoroastrian Scriptures.