Shirley Paulson, an independent scholar, is the principal producer of the blog, podcast, and online courses for Early Christian Texts: The Bible and Beyond (earlychristiantexts.com). Her academic interests are in early Christian theology and healing practices. She is a contributing author to Westar's After Jesus Before Christianity. While serving as Head of Ecumenical Affairs for the Christian Science Church, she participated on two ecumenical boards and authored articles for the Journal of Ecumenical Studies (2014) and Ecumenical Trends (2017).