Kerry P. C. San Chirico is Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Born and raised in Monterey, California, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Santa Clara University, and Masters degrees from Princeton Seminary, Rutgers University, St. Vladimir’s Seminary, and Boston College. He holds a doctorate in Religious Studies (South Asian religions) from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His expertise is in Global Christianities and Indian religions, and his scholarly interests include inter-religious interaction and exchange, minority religions in India, Christian mission history, comparative theology, anthropology of religion, and theory and method in the study of religion. Recent publications include the chapter “Religion in the Practice of Daily Life in India” in the series Religion and Everyday Life and Culture (Praeger, 2010) and a forthcoming chapter in Contesting Indian Christianity from Routledge India.