Miller (April 17, 1938 – May 4, 2011) was professor of the Religion Department at Lake Forest College in Illinois.
Miller earned a Ph.D.
in Comparative Religions from Northwestern University, and a B.S and M.A from St.
Louis University.
He was a co-founder and co-director of Common Ground, an active adult education group for interfaith study and dialogue founded in 1975.
Miller was vice-president of the Interreligious Engagement Project 21 and Board member at Hands-of-Peace, an organization that brings American, and Palestinian and Israeli teenagers from the Middle East together for a two-week program in the United States.
Miller lectured at countless churches, temples, mosques and centers across the country and wrote books aimed at a popular audience that convey contemporary issues in New Testament studies as well as in spirituality and philosophy.