Global Ethics and Religion Forum

International Board of Consultants
(click on name to see Bio)

In Memory of

Ninian Smart (1927-2001)  

Komal Kothari (1929-2004)

Philip Quinn (1940-2004)

David Chappell (-2004)

Louis P. Pojman (-2005)

Current Members

Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl  (Islamic Law) Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Fellow in Islamic Law, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Professor Krishna Ahooja-Patel (Women, Development and Human Rights) President, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Geneva, Switzerland; Director, Institute on Equity and Development, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, India; and Professor, St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Professor Azyumardi Azra (Islam and Ethics) President, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta, Indonesia; Editor, Studia Islamika

Ms. Simone Bernhardt (Intercultural Dialogue and Conflict Prevention) Project Manager, Intercultural Dialogue and Conflict Prevention, Cultural Policy and Action Department, Council of Europe

Professor John Berthrong (Confucianism) Director, Institute for Dialogue Among Religious Traditions, and Associate Dean, Boston University School of Theology, USA

Professor Kerry Bowman (Healthcare and Ecology)  Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine and the Coordinator of the Improving End of Life Care Project at the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, Canada, and member of the Board of Directors for the Jane Goodall Foundation

Professor Michael von Brück (Comparative Religion, Buddhism) Professor and Chair of Comparative Religious Studies, University of Munich, Germany

Professor Arindam Chakrabarti (Hinduism) Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawaii, USA

Professor Christopher Chapple (Hinduism and Jainism) Professor of Theological Studies and Director of Asian and Pacific Studies, Loyola Marymount University, USA

Professor Gerald Chan (Economics, Globalization, and China) University of Wellington, NZ, and Senior Fellow, Cambridge-RIIA China Project, Center of International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK, and Life Member, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK

Professor John Chathanatt, S.J. (Christianity and Comparative Religion) Vidyajyoti College, Delhi, India

Dr. M. Habib Chirzin (Islam) Director, Islamic Millennium Forum and Asian Muslim Action Network, Jakarta, Indonesia

Mr. Novin Doostdar Publisher/Commissioning Editor, Oneworld Publications, Oxford, England

Professor Elliot Dorff (Ethics and Judaism) Professor of Philosophy and Rector, University of Judaism, USA

Professor Diana Eck  (Comparative Religion and Indian Religions) Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, School of Divinity, Harvard University, USA, Director, The Pluralism Project

Professor Lindsay Falvey (Ethics of Agriculture and Buddhist-Christian Dialogue)  Chair of Agriculture, University of Melbourne, Australia

Professor Charlotte Fonrobert (Judaism and Gender Studies) Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University, USA

Professor James Fredericks (Christianity and Inter-religious Dialogue) Associate Professor of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University, USA

Professor H. Richard Friman (International Relations and International Political Economy) Eliot Fitch Professor of International Studies, Marquette University, Wisconsin, USA

Dr. David Gosling (Religion and Ecology) Distinguished scholar of physics, environmental chemistry and ecology, Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge, England

Professor John Graham (Global Marketing and International Business Negotiations) Professor of Marketing and International Business at the Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine, USA

Professor Phyllis Herman (Hinduism and Gender Issues) Associate Professor of Religious Studies, California State University, Northridge, USA

Professor John Hick (Religious Pluralism) Fellow, Institute for Advanced Research in the Humanities, University of Birmingham, England

Professor Lawrence M. Hinman (Ethical Pluralism) Professor of Philosophy and Director of The Values Institute at the University of San Diego, USA

Professor Helen James (Ethics and Southeast Asia) Visiting Fellow, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government and Department of Anthropology, The Australian National University, and Life Member, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK

Dr. Thupten Jinpa (Tibetan Buddhism) Director, Institute of Tibetan Classics, Montreal, Canada, and English Translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Dr. Varsha Joshi (Indian History, Gender, and Economic Ethics) Associate Director, Institute of Rajasthan Studies and Fellow, Institute for Development Studies, Jaipur, India

Professor Asa Kasher (Judaism, Ethics of War and Medical Ethics) Laura Schwarz-Kipp Chair in Professional Ethics and Philosophy of Practice, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Editor Philosophia, the Philosophical Quarterly of Israel

Professor Tazim Kassam (Islam) Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Syracuse University, New York, USA and Chair of Islamic Studies Section of the American Academy of Religion

Professor Zayn Kassam (Islam and Comparative Religion) Associate Professor of Religion, Pomona College, USA

Professor James Kellenberger (Ethics and Religious Pluralism) Professor of Philosophy, California State University, Northridge, USA

Professor Abrahim Khan (Islam) Professor of Religion, University of Toronto, Canada

Professor William LaFleur (Japanese Buddhism) E. Dale Saunders Professor of Japanese Studies and Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Professor Brian Lepard (Comparative Religion and International Law) Associate Professor of Law, University of Nebraska, USA

Rev. Dr. William E. Lesher ( Inter-religious Dialogue and Comparative Religion) Chairman of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions, USA

Professor Julius Lipner (Hinduism and Christianity) Professor of Hinduism and the Comparative Study of Religion, Cambridge University, England

Professor Nancy M. Martin (World Religions, Hinduism, and Women in Religion) Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Chapman University, USA

Professor Judith Mayotte (Human Rights and Refugees) Visiting Professor of Theology, Marquette University, and member, Board of Directors, Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation; residence: Milwaukee, WI.

Professor Seumas Miller (Philosophy, Ethics and Politics) Professor of Philosophy, The Australian National University and Charles Sturt University and Director of the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Professor Vasudha Narayanan (Hinduism and Gender Studies) Professor of Religion, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, and former President of the American Academy of Religion

Professor Vivian-Lee Nyitray (Confucianism and Taoism) Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Riverside, USA

Professor June O'Connor (Comparative Religion) Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Riverside, USA

Professor Irfan Omar (World Religions and Islam) Assistant Professor of Theology, Marquette University, USA

Professor Kathryn Poethig (Religious Ethics, Global Gender Issues, and Religion, Violence, and Peacemaking) Assistant Professor of Global Studies at California State University, Monterey Bay, USA

Dr. C. Ram-Prasad (Hinduism) Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies and Director of Postgraduate Research, Lancaster University, England

Professor Philip Rossi, S.J. (Christian Ethics) Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs and Professor of Theology, Marquette University; Trustee, Creighton University, USA

Professor Joseph Runzo (Comparative Philosophy of Religion and Religious Ethics) Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Chapman University, USA, and Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University, England

Professor Matthew Schneider (Religion and Literature) Associate Professor and Chair, Comparative Literature, Chapman University, USA

Professor Arvind Sharma (Ethics and World Religions) Birks Professor of Comparative Religion, McGill University, Quebec, Canada

Professor Yajneshwar S. Shastri (Hindu Philosophy and Ethics) Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India

Acharn Sulak Sivaraksa (Buddhist Ethics) Founder of International Network of Engaged Buddhists; Visiting Professor, Swarthmore College (Fall 2002) and Harvard University (Spring 2003)

Professor Huston Smith (World Religions) Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Syracuse University, and Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Professor Daniel Smith-Christopher (Biblical Studies and Peace Studies) Professor of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University California, USA

Professor Ines Talamantez  (Native American Religions) Professor of Religion, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Professor Gerrie Ter Haar (Human Rights) Professor of Religion, Human Rights and Social Change at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Professor Nathan Tierney (Ethics and Philosophy of Religion) Chair and Professor of Philosophy, California Lutheran University, USA

Dr. Philip Towle (International Security and International Relations) Professor, Cambridge University's Centre of International Studies, England

Professor Mary Evelyn Tucker (Religion and Ecology; Confucianism) Professor of Religion, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, USA and Coordinator of the Forum on Religion and Ecology

Professor Thomas A. Turk (Business Ethics and Management) Associate Professor of Management, Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, USA

Professor William Wainwright (Philosophy of Religion and Asian Philosophy) Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

Professor Junren Wan (Chinese Thought and Ethics) Professor of Ethics and Chair, Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Professor Robin Wang (Chinese Philosophy and Ethics) Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University, USA

Professor Keith Ward (Christianity and World Religions) Regius Professor of Divinity, Oxford University, England

Professor Zhengxiang Wei (International Political Ethics) Associate Professor of Philosophy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Professor Dale Wright (Buddhism) David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Asian Studies, Occidental College, USA

Professor Xinzhong Yao (Confucianism and Christianity) Professor of Confucianism, Department of Theology, Religious Studies and Islamic Studies, University of Wales, Lampeter

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