Gina Zurlo

Gina Zurlo is an American historian, sociologist and a scholar of history of mission and world Christianity. She is a senior researcher and lecturer in World Christianity at Harvard Divinity School. She is a visiting research fellow at Boston University Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs. ^[1] She previously was co-director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity. ^[2] Zurlo was named in the BBC 100 most inspiring and influential women from around the world in 2019 for her work in religious statistics and female future of religion. ^[3]

Education

Zurlo studied for her Ph.D. in history and hermeneutics at Boston University School of Theology under the direction of Dana Robert and graduated in 2017. Her dissertation was focused on the role of quantification in the development of world Christianity, with special focus on the work of Anglican missionary to Kenya, David B. Barrett. ^[4]

Career

Zurlo teaches sociology of religion, world Christianity, and women in world Christianity at Harvard. She is a member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association. She is a co-editor of the World Religion Database (Brill). ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Johnson, Todd M.; Zurlo, Gina A. (2015). "Tracking the Emigration of Christians from the Middle East". Yearbook of International Religious Demography 2015. pp. 154–162. doi:10.1163/9789004297395_007. ISBN   9789004294318.
2. "Dr. Gina A. Zurlo". Gordon Conwell. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
3. "100 Women 2019 - The Female Future". BBC News. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
4. Hana, Rim (17 October 2019). "Tunisia-Hayfa Sdiri makes the list of BBC 100 Women 2019". Tunisia News (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2021.
5. Mpandya (18 February 2020). "Postponed: Book Talk and Discussion: World Christian Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition". Comparative Religion Program.
6. "Financial Fraud And The Future Of Global Christianity w/ Gina Zurlo". PRAISE HANDS. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2022.