Farhadian, Charles E.: - Charles E. Farhadian (PhD, Boston University) is professor of world religions and Christian mission at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is the author of Introducing World Religions and the editor of Introducing World Christianity and Christian Worship Worldwide. He is also the coeditor of The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion. Farhadian has done fieldwork in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, where he has investigated themes of worship, social history, and nation making.