Janet R. Stafford is a pretty ordinary person, despite the fact that she is grossly over-educated. Aside from a B.A. in Asian Studies from Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ), she also managed to acquire a Master of Divinity degree and a Ph.D. in North American Religion and Culture from Drew University (Madison, NJ). A 20-year career as a religious educator in five United Methodist churches and a 16-semester stint as an adjunct professor in interdisciplinary studies and history set her up for a life of near-poverty. She probably would have done better had she moved out of New Jersey and f...