Terry C. Muck (PhD, Northwestern University) has been a religious studies scholar for more than thirty-five years. Prior to his retirement, he served as executive director of the Louisville Institute after teaching many years at Austin Presbyterian Seminary and Asbury Theological Seminary. Muck has authored or edited fifteen books, including "Christianity Encountering World Religions", "Handbook of Religion", and "Ministry and Theology in Global Perspective: Contemporary Challenges for the Church". He is cofounder and president of the Society for Buddhist Christian Studies and has been the lea...