FAITH MOVEMENTS
A guide to fundamentalism

IN THE NORTHEAST
• Nancy T. Ammerman is a professor of the sociology of religion in the department of theology at Boston University. She is a leading expert on religious movements and has written about the rise of fundamentalism. Contact 617-353-3066, nta@bu.edu.

IN THE EAST
• Richard T. Antoun is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the State University of New York at Binghamton. He wrote Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic and Jewish Movements. Contact 607-777-2737, rantoun@binghamton.edu.
• John Stratton Hawley is Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Religion at Barnard College, Columbia University, and chairman of the religion department. He specializes in South Asian religions. Contact 212-854-5292, jsh3@columbia.edu.
• Charles B. Strozier is a history professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York in New York City, and he is director of the Center on Terrorism there. He researches and writes about the psychology of religious extremism. Contact 212-237-8432, cstrozier@jjay.cuny.edu.
• W. Clyde Wilcox is a government professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and a leading expert on religious and political conservatives. Contact 202-687-5273, wilcoxc@georgetown.edu.

IN THE SOUTHEAST
• Julie Ingersoll is an assistant professor of religious studies in the philosophy department at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. She contributed the article “Christian Reconstructionism” to the Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism. Contact 904-620-1330 ext. 3738, jingerso@unf.edu.
• Vinson Synan is a professor of Christian history at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va. He has written widely on evangelicals, Pentecostals and fundamentalists, and he wrote the essay on fundamentalism for the New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements. Contact 757-226-4414, vinssyn@regent.edu.
• Akintunde E. Akinade is an associate professor in the department of religion and philosophy at High Point University in High Point, N.C. He is an expert in fundamentalism in Africa. Contact 336-841-4580, aakinade@highpoint.edu.
• Frank J. Lechner is an associate professor of sociology at Emory University in Atlanta. He contributed the essay “Fundamentalism” to the 1998 edition of the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Contact 404-727-7530, flechn@emory.edu.

IN THE SOUTH
• Ralph W. Hood Jr. is a psychology professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He writes and teaches on the psychology of religious fundamentalism. Contact 423-425-4274, ralph-hood@utc.edu.
• William Paul Williamson is an associate professor of psychology at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Ark., and an expert on the psychology of religion. He is a co-author of the 2005 edition of The Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism. Contact 870-230-5119, williaw@hsu.edu.

IN THE MIDWEST
• Joel A. Carpenter is director of the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. He is the author of Revive Us Again: The Reawakening of American Fundamentalism. Contact 616-526-7155, jcarpent@calvin.edu.
• Edith L. Blumhofer is a history professor and director of the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill. She wrote the entry “Fundamentalism” for the 2004 edition of The Encyclopedia of Protestantism. Contact 630-752-7005, Edith.L.Blumhofer@wheaton.edu.
• Martin Riesebrodt is a sociology professor at the University of Chicago. He has written on fundamentalism in the United States and Iran. Contact 773-702-8227, mriesebr@midway.uchicago.edu.
• Darren Sherkat is a sociology professor at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Ill., and a leading expert on religious movements. Contact 618-453-7614, sherkat@siu.edu.
• Santosh C. Saha is a history professor at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. He has written on the rise of fundamentalism, particularly in the developing world. Contact 330-823-2482, sahasc@muc.edu.
• William O. Beeman is chairman of the anthropology department at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and author of many articles on fundamentalism. Contact 612-624-8990, wbeeman@umn.edu.

IN THE SOUTHWEST
• Ami Pedahzur is an associate professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin. He has written widely on political and religious extremism and fundamentalism, particularly in the Middle East. He is the author of The Israeli Response to Jewish Extremism and Violence: Defending Democracy. Contact 512-23-1452, ap2976@gov.utexas.edu.
• Leslie Griffin is a professor of legal ethics at the University of Houston and an expert in the field of religion and law. She has written on the role of fundamentalist religion in the modern world, including an article in the Cardozo Law Review in 2003 titled “Fundamentalism From the Perspective of Liberal Tolerance.” Contact 713-743-1543, lgriffin@uh.edu.

IN THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• Ted G. Jelen is a professor of political science at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. He writes widely on conservative and radical religious movements and contributed the entry “Fundamentalism” to the 2003 Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics. Contact 702-895-3355, jelent@unlv.nevada.edu.
• Leonard Weinberg is a professor of political science at the University of Nevada in Reno. He has written on fundamentalism and political extremism. Contact 775-682-7770, weinbrl@unr.nevada.edu.
• Frederick Mark Gedicks is a professor of law at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, who writes widely on religious issues. He is an expert on Mormons and has written about fundamentalism. Contact 801-422-4533, gedicksf@lawgate.byu.edu.
• Peter C. Hill is a psychology professor at the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University in La Mirada, Calif. He contributed to the 2005 edition of The Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism. Contact 562-903-6000, peter.hill@biola.edu.
• David Domke is an associate professor of communication at the University of Washington in Seattle. He writes and teaches widely on religious radicals, fundamentalism and politics. With co-author Kevin Coe he is writing a book, The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon, due for publication in November 2007 from Oxford University Press. Contact 206-685-1739, domke@u.washington.edu.