Paul Elie is a writer and editor. Currently, he is a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. He is a contributor to the American Catholic journal Commonweal.Elie's work deals primarily with the ways religious ideas are given expression in literature, the arts, music, and culture in the broadest sense. His first book, "The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage," was published in 2003. His second book, "Reinventing Bach," was published in 2012.Elie received his B.A. from Fordham University and his M.F.A. from Columbia University.