Candy Gunther Brown is Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. Dr. Brown writes and teaches about North American and world Christianity, focusing on prayer for healing, deliverance from evil spirits, and complementary and alternative medicine. She is the author or editor of six books, including Testing Prayer: Science and Healing (Harvard University Press, 2012); The Healing Gods: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Christian America (Oxford University Press, 2013); and Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools: Reforming Secular Education or Reestablishing Religion? (University of North Carolina Press, 2019). She is also a co-founder of the Global Medical Research Institute. Her work has been featured in the documentary series Miracle, as well as publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, National Catholic Register, and Christianity Today.  Her most recent book is Francis MacNutt: Inside His Extraordinary Life and the Charismatic Renewal of Healing Prayer, forthcoming from Chosen Books, fall 2027.