Author: Laura Brekke
Laura Brekke is the Director of Religious Diversity at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit Catholic university in Santa Clara, CA. She is both the chaplain to Protestant students, and to all non-Christian students at on campus. She earned an M.Div from Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA and a Certificate in Theology for Ministry from the University of Cambridge. She has been ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Her research interests include the interplay of religious minority communities in countries with state-recognized religions, women in interfaith leadership, popular culture and its use in interfaith dialogue, and comparative theologies of the “Other.” She is published in Time and Relative Dimensions in Faith: Theology and Doctor Who, a collection of academic essays looking at theological themes in the long-running British sci-fi series.