Frank J. Lechner is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University. In addition to numerous papers on religion and sociological theory, he published World Culture: Origins and Consequences (with John Boli, 2005) and wrote The Netherlands: National Identity and Globalization (2007).

John Boli is Professor of Sociology at Emory University. He has published extensively on global culture and organizations, education, and state authority. His books include New Citizens for a New Society (1989) and Constructing World Culture (edited with George M. Thomas, 1999).