Abstract

An earlier version of the lead article in this issue, by Nancy Frankenberry, was originally presented as the annual AJTP Lecture at the Baltimore meeting of the American Academy of Religion in November 2013. This is the final issue for which I will serve as editor of the AJTP. The opportunity during these last five years to interact with so many wonderful scholars and to facilitate the publication of their work is one for which I am grateful. Many new authors, especially younger authors, who had never previously published in our journal’s pages are now a part of the AJTP “family.” This is something of which I am especially proud. I am also grateful to those individuals who provided invaluable ..