#  Gina A. Zurlo 

Lecturer on World Christianity

Senior Researcher in World Christianity

 

 

 



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 smartphone [617.384.0418](tel:617.384.0418) 

 email <gzurlo@hds.harvard.edu> 

 



 

##  Education

- PhD, Boston University School of Theology

## Profile

Gina A. Zurlo is editor of the *World Christian Database* (Brill), and her research intersects World Christianity, history, sociology of religion, and women’s studies. She is also a Visiting Scholar at [Boston University’s Institute on Culture, Religion. and World Affairs](https://www.bu.edu/cura/), where she edits the *World Religion Database* (Brill). Her most recent books include *Global Christianity: A Guide to the World’s Largest Religion from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe* (Zondervan Academic, 2022), *Women in World Christianity: Building and Sustaining a Global Movement* (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023), and *From Nairobi to the World: David B. Barrett and the Re-Imagining of World Christianity* (Brill, 2023). She was named one of the BBC’s 100 most inspiring and influential women of 2019 for her work in quantifying the religious future.

## Courses

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