CSER Fellows
Honorary and Foundation Fellows
The category of Honorary Fellow is reserved for those who have made extraordinary contributions to the scientific understanding and study of religion in their professional work. Included also in this category are those who have contributed to the work of CSER and the Oxford Centre for Critical Studies in Religion (1993-1998)
* deceased
Robert S. Alley (University of Richmond)*
Sir Isaiah Berlin (All Souls College, Oxford University, U.K.)*
Joseph Blau (Columbia University)*
Laurence Brown (Director Emeritus, Sir Alister Hardy Centre, Oxford University, U.K.)
Vern Bullough (California State University, Northridge)*
Margaret Chatterjee (University of Delhi)
Joseph Fletcher (University of Virginia)*
Antony Flew (University of Reading, U.K.)
David Noel Freedman (University of California, San Diego; Editor, The Anchor Bible)
Theodor Gaster (Columbia University)*
James Herrick (Rationalist Press Association, U.K.)
John Hick (University of Birmingham, U.K.)
Gerald Larue (University of Southern California), Founding Chair
George Mendenhall (University of Michigan)
John Priest (Florida State University)*
Lord Reese-Mogg (Editor, The Times)
James Robinson (Claremont School of Theology)
Sir Steven Runciman (Istanbul University, Turkey)*
Morton Smith (Columbia University)*
John Shelby Spong (Emeritus Bishop [PECUSA] of Newark, U.S.A.)
Richard Taylor (University of Rochester)*
Kenneth Wilson, OBE (University of Birmingham, U.K.)
Executive Committee
Hector Avalos (Iowa State University)
Pascal Boyer (Washington University, St. Louis)
Philippa Carter (McMaster University)
Bill Cooke (CFI/Transnational; Editor-in-Chief, The Open Society)
Carol Delaney (Brown University and Stanford University)
Van A. Harvey (Stanford University)
R. Joseph Hoffmann (CFI/Transnational), Chair
David Koepsell (CFI/Transnational and SUNY Buffalo)
Paul Kurtz (SUNY Buffalo and Chair, CFI/Transnational)
Joyce Salisbury (University of Wisconsin)
Robert Tapp (University of Minnesota)
David Thompson (The Observer, U.K.)
Fellows of the Committee
Mona Abousenna (Ain-Shams University, Cairo)
Aziz al-Azmeh (Central European University, Hungary)
Peter Atkins (Oxford University, U.K.)
Scott Atran (University of Michigan)
Nadia al-Baghdadi (Central European University, Hungary)
Julian Baggini (Editor, The Philosophers' Magazine)
J.A. Barnhart (University of North Texas)
Ophelia Benson (philosopher, U.K.)
Clinton Bennett (Cambridge, U.K.)
Jacques Berlinerblau (Georgetown University and Hofstra University)
Susan Blackmore (science writer, U.K.)
John Dominic Crossan (DePaul University)
Don Cupitt (Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, U.K.)
Austin Dacey (CFI/New York City)
Daniel Dennett (Tufts University)
Hermann Detering (Editor, Radikalkritik, Berlin, Germany)
Arthur Droge (University of Toronto, Canada)
Robert Eisenman (California State University, Long Beach)
J. Harold Ellens (University of Michigan)
Cynthia Eller (Montclair State College)
Alvar Ellgard (University of Goteburg, Sweden)
Reuven Firestone (Hebrew Union College)
Robert Fisher (Westminster College, Oxford University, U.K.)
Robin Lane Fox (New College, Oxford University, U.K.)
Michelle Goldberg (author; Editor, Salon.com)
Rebecca Goldstein (Trinity College)
Michael Goulder (University of Birmingham, U.K.)
Stuart E. Guthrie (Fordham University)
Samira Haj (City University of New York)
Susan Jacoby (author, New York City)
Naomi Janowitz (University of California, Davis)
Wendy Kaminer (Contributing Editor, Atlantic Monthly)
Amy Jill Levine (Vanderbilt University)
Gerd Lüdemann (University of Göttingen, Germany)
Daniel Maguire (Marquette University)
Irshad Manjit (University of Toronto, Canada)
Michael Martin (Boston University)
Colin McGinn (University of Miami)
Justin Meggitt (Cambridge University, U.K.)
David Nash (Oxford-Brookes University, U.K.)
Taslima Nasrin (activist)
Kai Nielsen (University of Calgary, Canada)
Graham Oppy (Monash University)
Pauletta Otis (The Pew Forum)
Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez (Youngstown State University)
Keith Parsons (University of Houston)
Massimo Pigliucci (SUNY Stony Brook)
Steven Pinker (Harvard University)
Katha Pollitt (Contributing Editor, The Nation)
Robert M. Price (Editor, Journal of Higher Criticism)
Stephen Prothero (Boston University)
Philip Pullman (author, Oxford, U.K.)
Laura Purdy (Wells College)
Rosemary Radford Ruether (Pacific School of Religion)
Betsy Reed (Contributing Editor, The Nation)
David Reis (University of Oregon)
Richard E. Rubenstein (George Mason University)
Alan Ryan (New College, Oxford University, U.K.)
Regina Schwartz (Northwestern University)
Jeremy Stangroom (Editor, The Philosophers' Magazine)
James Tabor (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
Ibn Warraq (author, Paris, France)
Erik Wielenberg (DePauw University)
Narisetti Innaiah (Chairman, CFI India)
