William A. Mirola is former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Sociology at Marian University in Indianapolis, IN. His publications include Redeeming Time: Protestantism and the Eight-Hour Movement in Chicago; Religion and Class in America; and Sociology of Religion: A Reader.

Michael O. Emerson is Professor and Department Head of Sociology at the University of Illinois Chicago. He studies religion, race, and the many intersections of these. He is the author of 15 books and over 100 other publications.

Sue Monahan is Associate Provost and Professor of Sociology at Western Oregon University. She is co-editor of Sociology of Religion: A Reader and has published articles and reviews in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Review of Religious Research, Sociology of Religion and Contemporary Sociology.