Carl W. Ernst is W.R. Kerian Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of several books an Islam, including How to Read the Qur'an: A New Guide, with Select Translations, Eternal Garden: Mysticism, History and Politics at a South Asian Sufi Center, Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond (co-authored with Bruce B. Lawrence), and The Shombhala Guide to Sufism.
Harshala Gupte was born and raised in the mad city of Mumbai, which she believes taught her the first lessons in inclusivity and acceptance. Her fascination is with telling common-day stories with nua
Renate Zahar, born in 1942, has occupied herself with the problems of the Third World as her field of study. She received her education in North and Black African schools, and completed her studies
