Clinton Bennett is a British American scholar of religion and ordained Baptist clergyperson who focuses on Christian-Muslim Relations. A graduate of Birmingham, Manchester and Oxford Universities his Birmingham PhD was awarded in 1990 for a thesis on Victorian images of Islam. A Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and of the Royal Anthropological Institute he has lived and worked in Australia, Bangladesh, Britain, and the USA. Author of twelve books, he has participated in Interfaith relations locally, nationally, and globally through the World Council of Churches and other organizations. In the USA he represents the Alliance of Baptists on several bilateral dialogues. Currently teaching Religious Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz his previous posts include director of Interfaith Relations for the British Council of Churches, senior lecturer at Westminster College, Oxford, and associate professor at Baylor University, TX.