Christopher A Porter Editor

Christopher A. Porter is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Trinity College Theological School, and lead investigator on the Figuring the Enemy project, investigating socio-scientific approaches to religious enmity; along with research focus on the Fourth Gospel and Acts from a social identity perspective.

Elizabeth E. Shively is Professor of Christian Scriptures at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary, and co-investigator on the socio-scientific stream of Figuring the Enemy Project. Her research focuses on the Gospel of Mark, narrative and rhetorical criticism, cognitive linguistics, and theological interpretation.

Kenneth I. Mavor is a senior lecturer and social psychologist in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. His research focuses on the nature of the personal and collective self, and how people cognitively manage multiple selves; the implications of social and personal identities for learning, belonging, and wellbeing in higher education; and the role of religious and political ideologies in social conflict and collective action.