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ADVISORS, CONTRIBUTORS, AND EDITORIAL BOARD






EDITOR:  Andrew Wilson

FOREWORD: Ninian Smart

EDITORIAL BOARD:


Savas C. Agourides
Bhagchandra Jain Bhaskar
Chu-hsien Chen
Bernard Rex Davis
Fung Hu-hsiang
Emanuel S. Goldsmith
Raymond Hammer
Frederick Jelly, O.P.
Inamullah Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Ahmad Kuftaro
Byong Joo Lee
H. K. Mirza
Hajime Nakamura
Kofi Asare Opoku
Yasur Nuri Ozturk
Jordan Paper
Pahalawattage Don Premasiri
K. B. Ramakrishna Rao
K. L. Seshagiri Rao
Samdhong L. Tenzin Rinpoche
Losang Norbu Shastri
Shivamurthy Shivacharya Mahaswamiji
Antonio Silvestrelli
Avtar Singh
Giani Naranjan Singh
Huston Smith




ADVISORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

Savas C. Agourides
  Professor of New Testament
  School of Theology
  University of Athens
  Athens, Greece
  (Christianity, Orthodox)

Bhagchandra Jain Bhaskar
  Professor and Head
  Department of Pali and Prakrit
  Nagpur University
  Nagpur, India
  (Jainism)

Sister Maura Campbell
  Profesor of Religious Studies
  Caldwell College
  Caldwell, New Jersey
  (Christianity, Roman Catholic)

Dr. Chu-hsien Chen
  Hamburg, Germany
  (Chinese Religions)

Canon Bernard Rex Davis
  Subdean, Lincoln Cathedral
  Lincoln, United Kingdom
  (Christianity, Protestant)

Dr. Homi B. Dhalla
  Lecturer, B.J.P.C. Institute
  Bombay, India
  (Zoroastrianism)

Dr. Paul B. Fenton
  University of Lyon
  Lyon, France
  (Judaism)

Dr. Betty J. Fisher
  General Editor
  Baha'i Publishing Trust
  Wilmette, Illinois
  (Baha'i Faith)

Fung Hu-hsiang
  Professor of Philosophy and Dean
  College of Liberal Arts
  National Central University
  Taiwan, Republic of China
  (Confucianism)

Rabbi Dr. Emanuel S. Goldsmith
  Associate Professor of Jewish Studies
  Queens College of the City
  University of New York
  Flushing, New York

Rev. Canon Dr. Raymond J. Hammer
  Anglican Interfaith Consultants
  London, United Kingdom
  Former Canon of Kobe Cathedral
  Kobe, Japan
  (Japanese Religions)

Institute for the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Sermons and Speeches
  Sung Hwa University
  Chonan, Korea
  (Unification Church)

Rev. Dr. Frederick Jelly, O.P.
  Dean of Studies
  Mount St. Mary's Seminary
  Emmitsburg, Maryland
  (Christianity, Roman Catholic)

Jay E. Jensen
  Director, Scriptures Coordination
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  Salt Lake City, Utah
  (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Dr. Inamullah Khan
  Secretary General
  World Muslim Congress
  Karachi, Pakistan
  (Islam)

Dr. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
  President, The Islamic Centre
  New Dehli, India
  (Islam)

Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Kuftaro
  Grand Mufti of Syria
  Damascus, Syria
  (Islam)

Dr.Byong Joo Lee
  Chairman, Chung Hyun Seo Wun
  Senior Committee Member
  Sung Kyun National Confucian University
  Seoul, Korea
  (Confucianism)

Prof. Gobind Singh Mansukhani
  Sikh Council for Interfaith Relations
  London, Englad
  (Sikhism)

H. K. Mirza
  High Priest of the Parsis
  Professor Emeritus of Zoroastrian Studies
  Bombay, India
  (Zoroastrianism)

Hajime Nakamura
  Professor of Religion Emeritus
  Tokyo University
  Founder-Director
  The Eastern Institute
  Tokyo, Japan
  (Buddhism)

Prof. Kofi Asare Opoku
  Institute of African Studies
  University of Ghana
  Legon, Ghana
  (African Traditional Religions)

Dr. Yasur Nuri Ozturk
  Faculty of Theology
  Marmara University
  Religion Commentator
  Hurriyet Newspaper
  Istanbul, Turkey
  (Islam)

Dr. Ryszard Pachocinski
  Head, Department of Comparative Education
  Institute for Educational Research
  Warsaw, Poland
  (African Traditional Religions)

Jordan Paper
  Associate Professor of Religious Studies
  York University
  North York, Ontario, Canada
  (Native American Religions)

Dr. Pahalawattage Don Premasiri
  Department of Philosophy
  University of Peradeniya
  Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
  (Theravada Buddhism)

K. B. Ramakrishna Rao
  Professor and Head,
  Department of Philosophy
  Mysore University
  Mysore, University
  (Hinduism)

K. L. Seshagiri Rao
  Professor of Religious Studies
  University of Virginia
  Charlottesville, Virginia
  (Hinduism)

Gene Reeves
  Professor of Theology
  Meadville/Lombard Theological School
  Chicago, Illinois
  (Japanese New Religions)

Ven. Prof. Samdhong L. Tenzin, Rinpoche
  Director, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies
  Sarnath, Varanasi, India
  (Tibetan Buddhism)

Rev. Losang Norbu Shastri
  Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies
  Sarnath, Varanasi, India
  (Tibetan Buddhism)

Dr. Shivamurthy Shivacharya Mahaswamiji
  Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru Brihanmath
  Sirigere, India
  (Lingayat Hinduism)

Monsignor Antonio Silvestrelli
  Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith
  Vatican City
  (Christianity, Roman Catholic)

Dr. Avtar Singh
  Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Religious Studies
  Punjabi University
  Patiala, India
  (Sikhism)

Sant Giani Naranjan Singh
  Guru Nanak Ashram
  Patiala, India
  (Sikhism)

Ninian Smart
  J. F. Rowney Professor of Comparative Religions
  University nof California Santa Barbara
  Santa Barbara, California
  (General Consultant)

Huston Smith
  Thomas J. Watson Professor Emeritus of Religion
  Syracure University
  Graduate Theological Union
  Berkeley, California
  (General Consultant)

Rev. Takahide Takahashi
  The Eastern Institute
  Tokyo, Japan
  (Japanese Buddhism)

Kapil Tiwari
  Professor of World Relgions
  Victoria University
  Wellington, New Zealand
  (South Pacific Traditional Religion)

Dr. David Manning White
  President, Marlborough Publishing House
  Richmond, Virginia
  (World Spirituality)