Arthur E. Farnsley II is an independent researcher and consultant, as well as adjunct professor of Sociology and Religion at IUPUC. He is author of Southern Baptist Politics: Authority and Power in the Restructuring of an American Denomination and Rising Expectations: Urban Congregations, Welfare Reform, and Civic Life (Indiana University Press, 2003).N. J. Demerath III is Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His books include Crossing the Gods: World Religions and Worldly Politics; Sacred Companies: Organizational Aspects of Religion and Religious Aspects of Organizations (edited with Peter Hall, Terry Schmitt and Rhys Williams); and A Bridging of Faiths: Religion and Politics in a New England City.Etan Diamond is a social historian whose research interests lie at the intersection of urban history and the history of religion. He is author of And I Will Dwell in Their Midst: Orthodox Jews in Suburbia and Souls of the City: Religion and the Search for Community in Postwar America (Indiana University Press, 2003).Mary L. Mapes is Adjunct Professor of History at Lake Forest College and author of A Public Charity: Religion and Social Welfare in Indianapolis (Indiana University Press, 2004)Elfriede Wedam is visiting lecturer in the Honors College at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
