Karen L. King (2)

Karen King is Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard University in the Divinity School. An occasional consultant to the Ford Foundation on Religion and Human Rights, Dr. King has received awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst, Harvard Divinity School, the Irvine Foundation, and Occidental College. She is the author of What Is Gnosticism?, Revelation of the Unknowable God, The Gospel of Mary of Magdala, and scores of articles in scholarly publications.