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