ACADEMIC FILMSA Day with the Tao, a short documentary film, captured on location in China and produced with support from Texas Wesleyan University, the Sam Taylor Fellowship Fund and KERA, Dallas, 2015The Embrace of a Loving God: Encountering Sufism, a short documentary film for classroom use, filmed on location in Turkey and produced as part of a collaborative educational venture sponsored by Texas Wesleyan University and Santa Fe University School of Film, 2012The Ritual of Life in India, a short documentary film for classroom use, filmed on location in India and produced as part of a collaborative educational venture sponsored by Texas Wesleyan University and Santa Fe University School of Film, 2011
BOOKS AND CHAPTERS“In the Domain of Liminal Saints: Identifying the Parameters of a Field of Interfaith Studies,” a chapter in the forthcoming volume, Interreligious Dispatches, Beacon Press, March 2020
Intersections: Faith, Church and the Academy, general editor and author for the Bristol Series volume, published by the General Board of Higher Education, Spring, 2018“The Professionalization of Interfaith Studies,” a chapter in the volume Toward a Field of Interfaith Studies, Beacon Press, Spring, 2018Jiddu Krishnamurti, an entry in the Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception (EBR) published by DeGruyter Press, 2016From East to West: A Comparative Study of the World’s Great Religions, a co-authored textbook published by BVT Publishing, Spring 2016Religion in the Midst of Life: A Study of Global Religions, an introductory textbook on world religions with accompanying online course website, published by the National Press for the Social Sciences, 2012OTHER WORKS“On the Posthumous Cult of Mao: How did Mao Zedong become a God?” an article in development with co-author Lili Zhang, Ph.D.The Orthodox Comparativist Blog, an ongoing web-based blog focused upon issues related to Inter-religious relations and dialogue and personal images collected of important religious sites around the globe, 2013-2016, at www.markhanshaw.com
PRESENTATIONS"Creativity in the Face of Crisis," The Registry Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona, Oct. 2019"The Global Footprint of Methodist Education," World Methodist Council, Seoul, Korea, May 2018“The Methodist Influence upon Academic Accreditation,” AAUMTS, Johannesburg, South Africa, October 2018 “Interfaith in the Academy and the Workplace,” SACSCOC Annual Meeting, Dallas, December 2017 "The Vital Marriage of Religion and Film,” Peking University Center for Buddhist Studies, Beijing, China, July 17, 2017 “From Community Partnerships to Academic Innovation,” Interfaith Youth Core Conference, Chicago, January 23, 2017 “From Wesley’s London to Plural America: Methodist Theology and the Modern Interfaith Movement,” United Methodist Conclave, Oklahoma City, October 17, 2016 “Interfaith Studies in the Academy,” President’s Interfaith Challenge Conference, Washington, DC, September 22, 2016 “Religion in the Global Age,” Four-part Public Lecture Series, Arborlawn UMC, Fort Worth, May 2016 “Religious Studies in the Academy of the Future,” Southern Methodist University, April 2016 “The Sectarian Plight in the Middle East,” Great Decisions Series, Community UU, Dallas, February 2016 “Globalizing our Parochial Disciplines,” Faculty Development Seminar, September 2015
