Eugen CIURTINis currently a postdoctoral fellow of the Institute for Advanced
Studies, New Europe College, Bucharest, and of Maison des Sciences de
l’Homme, Paris, as well as secretary of the Romanian Association for the
History of Religions and RAHR representative to the European Association
for the Study of Religions. A scholar with wide-ranging interests and
publications, he also edits Archaeus: Studies in the History of Religionsand
Studia Asiatica: International Journal for Asian Studies.
Steven ENGLERis a Religious Studies Instructor in the Humanities Depart-
ment at Mount Royal College, Calgary, Canada, and a visiting professor
(2005–2006) in the Graduate Program in Ciências da Religião at the
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, funded by a research
fellowship from the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
(FAPESP). His recent publications include Historicizing ‘Tradition’ in the
Study of Religion(2005), which he edited with Gregory P. Grieve. He is
also editor of the book series, ‘Key Thinkers’, from Equinox and co-editor
of the Numenbook series.
Majella FRANZMANNis Professor of Studies in Religion at the University of
New England, a small regional university in New South Wales, Australia,
and a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Her research
interests focus on Gnostic traditions, including Manichaeism and Mandaeism,
as well as Syriac texts and women’s religious experience. Among her many
publications is Jesus in the Manichaean Writings(2003).
Satoko FUJIWARAis Professor of Comparative Culture and Religious Studies
at Taisho University in Tokyo, Japan. Her research interests have focused
on the methodology of comparison and, more recently, religion and public
education. Her many publications include Sei gainen to kindai(The sacred
and modernity; 2005).
HEGuanghuis Professor of Religious Studies at Renmin University of China
in Beijing. Among other volumes, he is the author of Yue Ying Wan Chuan
(The Moon in Streams: Religion, Society and Life [2003]) and Bai Chuan
Gui Hai (All Rivers Return to the Ocean: Towards a Global Religious
Philosophy, forthcoming). His edited volumes include Duihua: Ru Shi Dao
yu Jidujiao (Dialog: Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and Christianity
[1997]) and Zongjiao yu Dangdai Zhongguo Shehui(Religions and Society
in Contemporary China [2006]), and he has translated works of Christian
theology and philosophy of religion into Chinese, including John
Macquarrie’s Principles of Christian Theologyand Paul Tillich’s Systematic
Theology.
LEEChang-yickis a Researcher in the Korea Institute for Religion and Culture.
The author of Religion and Sport: Body Techniques and Sacrifice(2004),viii
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