Maxine Hanks is a feminist theologian, Gnostic clergy, mediator, and lecturer whose research area is

women's studies in religion.  She has authored or co-authored books and articles on religious culture

and women's studies in religion.  She was a fellow at Harvard Divinity School and research fellow

with the Utah Humanities Council.  She has chaired Interfaith Week in Utah, and Utah Women in

Ministry, and serves on the Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable, Utah Attorney General's Safety Net

Committee, and Utah Senator Orrin Hatch's Women's Council.