Barbara A. McGraw

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Barbara A. McGraw, formerly a corporate finance attorney with the international law firm Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, holds a Ph.D. in Religion and Social Ethics (1999) and a Juris Doctor Degree (1984) both from the University of Southern California. Her scholarship and advocacy for more than 20 years has focused on religious pluralism engaging political culture, public policy, and the professions. A thought-leader in the newly emerging interfaith leadership field, she is a champion for interfaith leadership education, religious liberty rights, and the value of religious pluralism. She is the author of Rediscovering America’s Sacred Ground, co-editor (with Jo Renee Formicola) of Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously, editor of the Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U.S., co-author (with Robert S. Ellwood) of the widely-used world religions text Many Peoples, Many Faiths, and author of numerous academic chapters and articles advancing religious liberty and interfaith leadership. 
 
Complete profile available at the Center for Religious Pluralism

Education/Academic qualification

Ph.D., Religion and Social Ethics, University of Southern California

Juris Doctorate, University of Southern California

Disciplines

Law and Politics
Religion Law
Politics and Social Change

57 Presentation
9 Chapter
6 Article
5 Book
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- 4 Other contribution

A Theological Interpretation of the Declaration of Independence.
McGraw, B. A., 2025, The Cambridge Companion to the Declaration of Independence. Zuckert, M. & Graber, M. A. (eds.). Cambridge University Press
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Many People, Many Faiths: Women and Men in the World Religions
Ellwood, R. S. & McGraw, B. A., Jan 1 2022, 11th ed. Taylor and Francis. 476 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Tolerance and intolerance in the history of religious liberty jurisprudence in the United States and the implementation of RFRA and RLUIPA
McGraw, B. A. & Richardson, J. T., Oct 22 2020, Secularization, Desecularization, and Toleration: Cross-Disciplinary Challenges to a Modern Myth. Springer, p. 233-256 24 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Applied Interfaith Leadership for the Professions” and “Developing Interfaith Leaders for Civic Engagement that is Civil
McGraw, B., Jul 1 2018.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
From Prison Religion to Interfaith Leadership for Institutional Change
McGraw, B., Jan 1 2018, Interreligious/Interfaith Studies: Defining a New Field.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Annual Interfaith Leadership and Prison Chaplaincy Management Conference (Event)
McGraw, B. A. (Editor)
2015
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity

Mahatma Gandhi Award for the Advancement of Religious Pluralism
McGraw, B. A. (Recipient), 2014
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Finalist in Religion and Politics Division Book Award Competition,
McGraw, B. A. (Recipient), 2009
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Phi Kappa Phi (Highest Honors)
McGraw, B. A. (Recipient), 1997
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Order of the Coif (Highest Honors)
McGraw, B. A. (Recipient), 1984
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Judge Nelson Administrative Justice Award
McGraw, B. A. (Recipient), 1984
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Barbara A. McGraw

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A Theological Interpretation of the Declaration of Independence.

Many People, Many Faiths: Women and Men in the World Religions

Tolerance and intolerance in the history of religious liberty jurisprudence in the United States and the implementation of RFRA and RLUIPA

Applied Interfaith Leadership for the Professions” and “Developing Interfaith Leaders for Civic Engagement that is Civil

From Prison Religion to Interfaith Leadership for Institutional Change

Annual Interfaith Leadership and Prison Chaplaincy Management Conference (Event)

Mahatma Gandhi Award for the Advancement of Religious Pluralism

Finalist in Religion and Politics Division Book Award Competition,

Phi Kappa Phi (Highest Honors)

Order of the Coif (Highest Honors)

Judge Nelson Administrative Justice Award

Barbara A. McGraw

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