Contributors of Articles

AyŞegÜl AydIngÜn works at the Department of Sociology of the Middle East Technical University (METU). She is affiliated to the Eurasian Studies MA Program at METU. She has articles and edited books on ethnic and religious minorities of the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Indra de Soysa, Ph.D., is a Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and teaches international political economy, international relations, and economic and political development. His various publications appear in the top journals in the social sciences. He is a member of the Royal Norwegian Academy.

Paul Froese is Professor of Sociology at Baylor University and Director of the Baylor Religion Surveys. He is also the author of On Purpose: How We Create the Meaning of Life (Oxford University Press, 2016).

Ben Gaskins is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. His research and teaching primarily focus on the nexus of religion, the mass media, and public opinion/voting behavior. His research has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, Politics & Religion, The International Journal of Press/Politics, and American Politics Research.

Hazar Ege GÜrsoy is a research assistant at the Eurasian Studies M.A. Program at the Middle East Technical University (METU). She is a Ph.D. candidate at the Area Studies Ph.D. Program at METU. Her studies focus on post-Soviet Georgia.

Steven Kettell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. His research interests are centered on the politics of atheism, secularism and the role of religion in the public sphere. He is also a founder and co-editor of the journal, British Politics.

PInar Köksal works at the Department of Political and Public Administration of the Middle East Technical University (METU). She is the chair of Eurasian Studies MA Program at METU. She has publications on the process of transition, identity issues and domestic politics of Central Asian Republics.

Jasmin Lorch is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Middle East Studies (IMES) of the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies in Hamburg. Her research interests include civil society, democracy and authoritarianism, state weakness, and Islamism in South and Southeast Asia (Bangladesh, Myanmar, Philippines) and the Maghreb.

JØrgen MØller received a Ph.D. from the European University Institute, Italy (2007) and is currently professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark. His research interests include conceptualization of democracy and the rule of law, dynamics of democratization, conflict and democratic stability, patterns of state formation, regime change and international order, and comparative methodology. His work has been published in journals such as International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Democracy, and Sociological Methods & Research and in books with Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, and Oxford University Press.

Jeremy E. Uecker is Associate Professor of Sociology at Baylor University. His research focuses on religion and family life in the United States.

Contributors of Book Reviews

Jeremiah J. Castle teaches political science at Central Michigan University. He has published in journals including Politics & Religion, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and Social Science Quarterly. His first book, Rock of Ages: Subcultural Religious Identity and Public Opinion Among Young Evangelicals, is forthcoming from Temple University Press in mid-2019.

Kevin R. den Dulk is the Paul B. Henry Professor of Political Science and the Executive Director of the Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics at Calvin College (Grand Rapids, MI). An award winning teacher, his scholarly work focuses especially on how religion works within civil society to foster democratic citizenship. He has co-authored or co-edited several books, including The Challenge of Pluralism: Church and State in Six Democracies (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017), Religion and Politics in America (Routledge, 2018), Christianity in Chinese Public Life (Palgrave, 2014), Pews, Prayers, and Participation (Georgetown, 2008), and A Disappearing God Gap? (Oxford, 2010). He writes regularly for Comment magazine and the Center for Public Justice and occasionally tweets @kdendulk. See more about the Henry Institute at calvin.edu/henry.

Faisal Kamal is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. His dissertation examines how superior courts in Bangladesh and Pakistan have structured the relationship between law and religion.

Stephen Offutt is Associate Professor of Development Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. His current research focuses on the intersection of religion, global poverty, and international development, particularly in Central America and southern Africa.