BarbaraMcGraw

An author, speaker, and media commentator on American identity and the role of religious pluralism in public life, Dr. Barbara A. McGraw has been active in both the American Political Science Association’s and the American Academy of Religion’s “Religion and Politics” sections, having served on the Executive Council of APSA’s section and as co-chair of AAR’s section. Currently, she serves on AAR’s standing Committee for the Public Understanding of Religion. She is lead co-editor (with Jo Renee Formicola) of and contributor to Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously: Spiritual Politics on America’s Sacred Ground, which is based on Dr. McGraw’s earlier book entitled Rediscovering America’s Sacred Ground: Public Religion and Pursuit of the Good in a Pluralistic America. She is also co-author (with Robert S. Ellwood) of Many Peoples, Many Faiths: Women and Men in the World Religions, one of the most used world religions texts in the U.S., the 10th edition for which was published in March 2013. Dr. McGraw served as president of the American Academy of Religion Western Region 2001-2002. She holds a Juris Doctor Degree and a Ph.D. in Religion and Social Ethics, both from the University of Southern California. Dr. McGraw also is a member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court and an Affiliate of The Pluralism Project at Harvard University and is an activist for prison inmates’ religious rights.