Dreaming in Christianity and Islam: Culture, Conflict, and Creativity

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

253 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS KATE ADAMS, PH.D., is a senior lecturer in education studies at Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln, U.K. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow with a dissertation exploring the divine dreams of Christian, Muslim, and secular children. She has published several journal articles on this theme. MUHAMMAD AMANULLAH, PH.D., teaches Islamic law at the International Islamic University of Malaysia. He has written several articles on Islamic jurisprudence, economics, and criminal codes. HIDAYET AYDAR, PH.D., is a professor in the Faculty of Theology at Istanbul University with research interests in Islamic history, theology, and dreaming. KELLY BULKELEY, PH.D., is a visiting scholar at the Graduate Theological Union and a faculty member of the Dream Studies Program at John F. Kennedy University, U.S.A. A former president of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, he has written and edited several books on dreaming , including The Wilderness of Dreams, An Introduction to the Psychology of Dreaming, and The Wondering Brain. (Patricia is his mother; they use slightly different spellings of their last name.) PATRICIA BULKLEY, D.MIN., is a Presbyterian minister who served as the spiritual services provider at Hospice of Marin for ten years. She earned her doctorate of ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary and is currently an adjunct faculty member of the Program of Christian Spirituality at San Francisco Theological Seminary. She is coauthor of Dreaming Beyond Death: A Guide to Pre-Death Dreams and Visions. MEHMET DALKILIC, PH.D., is a professor of Islamic sects at Istanbul University , Turkey. 254 NOT ES ON CONT R IBU TOR S PATRICIA M. DAVIS received her M.A. in religion and psychology for research on dreams in early Christianity. She is a doctoral student at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, doing research on dreams, discernment , and conversion. IAIN R. EDGAR, PH.D., is a social anthropologist at the University of Durham, U.K. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Keele with a dissertation focusing on the practices of dreamwork groups in northeast England. He is the author of Dreamwork, Anthropology, and the Caring Professions: A Cultural Approach to Dreamwork and Guide to Imagework: Imagination-based Research Methods. BART J. KOET teaches biblical studies at the Catholic Theological University, Utrecht, the Netherlands, and religion and pedagogy at the Hogeschool in Leiden. His research and writing focus on dream stories from the Bible, Talmud, and other texts in classical literature. He also serves as a prison chaplain, working with inmates on their dreams. LANA NASSER, M.A., is a dancer, expressive artist, and translator from Jordan who earned her graduate degree in the Dream Studies Program at John F. Kennedy University, USA. GEOFF NELSON, D.MIN., is a Presbyterian minister and the pastor of Whittier Presbyterian Church in Whittier, California. He has trained as a spiritual director and recently completed his doctorate of ministry with research on practical and theological approaches to dreaming in the Protestant tradition. RESAT ONGOREN, PH.D., is chair of the Department of Islamic Mysticism in the Faculty of Theology, Istanbul University, Turkey. In 1996 he earned his Ph.D. with a dissertation entitled “Mysticism in Anatolia during the Sixteenth Century,” and he has written several books and scholarly articles. PARISA RAHIMIAN was born in Iran and is a graduate student in the Dream Studies Program at John F. Kennedy University in California. She has done dream research in Iran and organized dream-sharing groups among Iranian expatriates living in the United States. LEWIS RAMBO, PH.D., is professor of pastoral psychology at the San Francisco Theological Seminary and Graduate Theological Union in California. He is editor of the journal Pastoral Psychology and the author of numerous books on psychology and religion including Understanding Religious Conversion. NOT ES ON CONT R IBU TOR S 255 BONNELLE LEWIS STRICKLING, PH.D., is a Jungian psychotherapist and spiritual director. Her recently published book is Dreaming about the Divine. She is chair of the Department of Philosophy and a member of the Interdisciplinary Department of Classical Studies at Langara College in Vancouver, Canada. JEREMY TAYLOR, D.MIN., is a Unitarian Universalist minister and community organizer based in California who has traveled extensively to promote greater dream awareness. He is one of the original founders of International Association for the Study of Dreams, for which he served as president from 199 to...