John W. McCormack is Assistant Professor of Religion at Aurora University, where he teaches a wide range of courses in the history of Christianity, world religions, European and Latin American history, and ethics. He holds an M.A.R. from Yale Divinity School and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Notre Dame. His research interests include political and religious culture in early modern France; European encounters with the religions of Asia and the Americas; and the history of emotions.