Ira Rifkin

IRA RIFKIN is a journalist, author, and media consultant specializing in religion and culture, with a focus on globalization, the Middle East, interfaith dialogue, and Eastern religions. He is the author of Spiritual Perspectives on Globalization: Making Sense of Economic and Cultural Upheaval and the editor of Spiritual Leaders Who Changed the World: The Essential Handbook to the Past Century of Religion.

Rifkin has served as a national correspondent for Religion News Service and as news director for Beliefnet.com, and has contributed to the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Baltimore Sun. He has taught journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park; American University; and the State University of New York at New Paltz.

Ira lives in Maryland.

Ira Rifkin’s books are published by SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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