Contributors' Notes

Matthew Ashley (Book Review Editor) is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Notre Dame and has written on political theology and Latin American liberation theology. He is currently writing a book on the influence of Ignatian spirituality on three 20th-century Jesuit theologians.

Bruce Barnbaum's photographic work is represented by several galleries throughout the United States and Canada and is held in museum and personal collections worldwide. His volume, An Approach to Personal Expression, is an illustrated textbook on photography that reflects his expertise as a teacher. He is a frequent contributor to several photography magazines. Contact Barnbaum at Barnbaum@aol.com and view more of his images at www.barnbaum.com and www.lenswork.com.

Maria Tattu Bowen (Art Editor) is an Assistant Professor of Theology (Christian Spirituality) at the University of Portland whose teaching and research involve the relationship between Christian spirituality and the arts. She is currently writing about the reading of poetry as Christian spiritual text.

Wynn Bullock (1902-1975) engaged in his lifelong practice of photography not only as a profession but as a his spiritual journey, believing that humanity is "deeply embedded" in the things of nature that he sought to portray with his art. In 1941 the Los Angeles County Museum of Art featured Bullock's work in that institution's first one-person photography exhibition, and in 1976 his life and work were honored in a major retrospective at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among other places, one might find his work in the following volumes: Wynn Bullock; Wynn Bullock, Photography: A Way of Life; The Photograph as Symbol; and Wynn Bullock: The Enchanted Landscape Photographs 1940-1975. View a selection of his images at www.lenswork.com.

Douglas Burton-Christie (Co-Editor) is Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He is the author of The Word in the Desert: Scripture and the Quest for Holiness in Early Christian Monasticism (Oxford, 1993) and was the founding editor of the Christian Spirituality Bulletin. His work has appeared in Cross Currents, Horizons, The Way, Weavings, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment, Anglican Theological Review and Best Spiritual Writing, 1998. He lives with his wife and daughter in Los Angeles.

Francis X. Clooney, S.J., Professor of Comparative Theology at Boston College, has lived, studied, and taught in India and Nepal. His research interests include the Sanskrit and Tamil Hindu theological traditions, and the missionary encounters between Christians and Hindus in 17^th and 18^th century India. He is currently Coordinator for Interreligious Dialogue for the Jesuits of the United States.

John A. Coleman S.J., a specialist in sociology of religion, is the Casassa Professor of Social Values at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He is currently doing research on Catholic Charities USA.

Joseph Cunneen, with his wife Sally, founded the international and ecumenical quarterly, Cross Currents, in 1950 and was its editor for 48 years. Film critic for the National Catholic Reporter, he has also written for The Nation, Esprit, Commonweal, America, Critic, The Month, Renasence, and The Way. He taught drama and comparative literature at Fordham, the College of New Rochelle, Baruch College (CUNY), and Mercy College, and served for 11 years as Senior Editor at Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Cunneen has translated plays by Gabriel Marcel and fiction by Jean Sulivan.

Michael S. Driscoll, a Roman Catholic presbyter for the Diocese of Helena in Montana, is currently an associate professor of sacramental theology and liturgy at the University of Notre Dame where he coordinates the graduate program of liturgical studies.

Eileen Flanagan coordinates the Spiritual Direction Practicum for the Graduate Program in Spiritual Direction at Neumann College, Aston Pennsylvania. She also teaches "Spirituality and Leadership Development" in Neumann College's graduate residential/distance learning program.

Mary Frohlich is Associate Professor of Spirituality at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Recent publications include articles on Therese of Lisieux in Theological Studies, New Theology Review, and the annual volume of the College...