Independent scholar and Pittsburgh attorney, publishes broadly in American studies, religious studies, Baha’i studies, Islamic studies, African American studies, and Native American studies. A former university professor, Dr. Buck previously taught at Pennsylvania State University (2011), Michigan State University (2000–2004), Quincy University (1999–2000), Millikin University (1997–1999), and Carleton University (1994–1996). Buck is now faculty at the Wilmette Institute, having taught/co-taught 17 online courses since 2010. Author of: God and Apple Pie (2015)—with Introduction by J. Gordon Melton, Distinguished Professor of American Religious History, Baylor University—being the revised edition of Religious Myths and Visions of America (2009), acclaimed as “an original contribution to American studies,” Journal of American History 98.1 (June 2011), p. 280; Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy (2005); Paradise and Paradigm (1999), Symbol and Secret (1995/2004); Religious Celebrations (co-author, 2011); and book chapters: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Journey West (2013); The Blackwell Companion to the Qur’an (2006/2016); The Islamic World (2008); American Writers (2004/2010/2015); British Writers (2014). Buck has published various journal and encyclopedia articles as well (see http://christopherbuck.com), along with over 100 brief articles on the Baha’i Faith at http://bahaiteachings.org/author/christopher-buck. Buck currently practices law as a plaintiff’s attorney (see http://pribanic.com/attorneys/christopher-buck/) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he lives with his wife, Nahzy Abadi Buck, and his sons, Takur Buck, and Taraz Buck, Ph.D.
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