Dr Scott M. Thomas lectures in International Relations and the Politics of Developing Countries at the University of Bath, and is a research fellow in the Centre for Christianity and Interreligious Dialogue, Heythrop College, University of London. He has a PhD and M.Sc. from the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics, an MA in Theology from the New College for Advanced Christian Studies, California, and a B.Sc. from the School of International Service at the American University in Washington, DC. He taught at universities in the United States, Switzerland, and South Africa before coming to Bath in 1994. Dr. Thomas' most recent book is The Global Resurgence of Religion and the Transformation of International Relations (2005).