Judaism / Jacob Neusner -- Primitive and early Christianity / Bruce D. Chilton -- Roman Catholic Christianity / Charles E. Curran -- Orthodox Christianity / Petros Vassiliadis -- Reformation Christianity / Martin Marty -- Classical Islam ; Modern Islam / John L. Esposito with Natana J. De Long-Bas -- Hinduism / Brian K. Smith -- Confucianism / Mark Csikszentmihalyi -- Buddhism : the politics of compassionate rule / Todd Lewis.