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297 Sebastiano D’Ambra (b. 1942) was born in Italy and ordained priest in 1966. He is a member of the Pontificio Istituto Missioni Estere (PIME) and was assigned to the mission in the Philippines in 1977. He studied Islam at PISAI, Rome, and then pursued a doctoral degree in the Philippines on education, peace, and development. He was appointed regional superior of the PIME in the Philippines in 1983, and in 1984 he founded the Silsilah Dialogue Movement in Zamboanga City, Mindanao. From 1979–81 he acted as negotiator for the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) to achieve peace in Mindanao. Maurice Borrmans (b. 1925) studied in Lille, Tunisia, and Paris. He is a member of the Missionaries of Africa and has taught in Tunisia, Algeria, and from 1964–2004 at PISAI, Rome, where he specialized in Arabic language , Islamic law, mysticism, and the history of Christian–Muslim relations . He has been a long-serving counselor for the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and is the author of numerous books and articles . Since 2005 he has resided in France where he continues to study and publish. David Burrell, C.S.C. (b. 1933), Theodore Hesburgh Professor emeritus in Philosophy and Theology at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, is now serving his Holy Cross community in East Africa. Efforts since 1982 in comparative issues in philosophical theology in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are evidenced in comparative studies and two translations: Al-Ghazali on the Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of God (1993) and Al-Ghazali on Faith in Divine Unity and Trust in Divine Providence (2001). Kenneth Cragg (b. 1913) has served as both scholar and bishop in the lands of the Middle East and has also held academic posts in the United Kingdom, Lebanon, Nigeria, and the United States. His numerous and wide-ranging publications include The Call of the Minaret, The Event of the Qur'an, and Muhammad and the Christian. The archbishop of Canterbury c o n t r i b u t o r s 298 Contributors has written of his “uniquely rich contribution to the life and mission of the Anglican Communion.” A former Bye-Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, he now lives in Oxford, where he is an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College. Joseph Ellul (b. 1960) joined the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in 1976. He was ordained priest in 1985. He is currently Professor of Ecumenical Theology and Islamic Studies at the Pontificia Studiorum Universitas a S. Thoma Aquinate in Urbe (The Angelicum), Rome, and visiting professor of Islamic Philosophy at PISAI. He also lectures in Islamic studies at the University of Malta and is the president of the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue for the Archdiocese of Malta. He serves as a consulter to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. MichaelL.Fitzgerald (b.1937)isamemberoftheSocietyofMissionaries of Africa (White Fathers). He studied in Rome and London and taught in Uganda and at the Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Rome. After a period on the General Council of the Missionaries of Africa 1980–86, he was appointed as secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (ordained bishop 1992) and in 2002 he became its president and an archbishop. Since February 2006, he is the Apostolic Nuncio in Egypt and delegate to the League of Arab States. Jean-Marie Gaudeul (b. 1937) is a Catholic priest in the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) and worked for several years as a parish priest in Tanzania. He taught at PISAI, Rome (1975–82) and at the Catholic University, Paris (1985–2000). His doctoral dissertation dealt with the history of Christian–Muslim encounters and controversies. From 2000 to 2006, he was head of the French Bishops’ Service for Catholic– Muslim relations. He has lectured in a number of African and Asian countries . He now lives in Paris and publishes Se Comprendre, a bulletin for Christian–Muslim understanding. C.T.R.Hewer (b. 1952) studied Christian theology, education and Islamic studies mainly in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester. He was a member of the Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, Selly Oak, from 1986, and was adviser on Inter-Faith Relations to the Bishop of Birmingham (1999–2005). From 2006–10 he was St. Ethelburga Fellow in Christian–Muslim Relations in London. Paul Jackson (b. 1937) was born in Brisbane, Australia. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1956 and came to India in...