Timothy BealTimothy Beal is the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion and Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University. He is also the editor in chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts. He has published essays on relgion and American culture for The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wall Street Journal, CNN.com, and The Washington Post and is the author of several books including Roadside Religion and The Rise and Fall of the Bible. Read More Read Less