Mark Juergensmeyer is Professor of Sociology and Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the winner of the Grawemeyer Award for his book Terror in the Mind of God (UC Press). He is the editor of Global Religions: An Introduction and is also the author of Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State and Gandhi’s Way: A Handbook of Conflict Resolution, both from UC Press. His most recent book is God in the Tumult of the Global Square (UC Press)