Defining the Field

Author Biography

• Nelly Van Doorn-Harder, Wake Forest University and VU University Amsterdam

  Nelly van Doorn-Harder is Professor of Religious Studies at Wake Forest University and of Christian-Muslim Encounters at the VU University Amsterdam. She is a member of the Indonesia group of the Oslo Coalition for Freedom of Religion or Belief. Her primary areas of research are Islam and Middle Eastern Christianity with a focus on gender, religious minorities’ issues, and interfaith relations.