The Cultural World of the Apostles: The Second Reading, Sunday by Sunday, Year C
John J. Pilch, PhD, is professor of theology at Georgetown  University in Washington, DC. He is author of numerous  articles and books, including ,Visions and Healing in Acts  of the Apostles: How the Early Believers Experienced  God(Liturgical Press, 2004). He is a member of the  Catholic Biblical Association of America and the International  Society for Shamanistic Research, among other professional  organizations.