# Leadership ## expand\_more [### Charles M. Stang ](/people/charles-stang) Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions Professor of Early Christian Thought Charles Stang joined the Faculty of Divinity in 2008. His research and teaching focus on Christianity in late antiquity and, more broadly, philosophy and religion in the ancient Mediterranean world. His recent books include Theosophy and the Study of... ![Professor Charles Stang in a dress shirt and gray blazer](/sites/g/files/omnuum4346/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/ProfessorStang2_web.jpg?itok=8ZAj7_Ud) [### Francis X. Clooney, S.J. ](/people/francis-x-clooney-sj) Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, 2010-17 Parkman Professor of Divinity Professor of Comparative Theology Francis X. Clooney, S.J., joined the Harvard Divinity School faculty in 2005, where he is the Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology. After earning his doctorate in South Asian languages and civilizations (University of... ![Frank Clooney smiling into the camera](/sites/g/files/omnuum4346/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/frankclooney_dec2023.png?itok=y1uG5hIt)