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  • Contributors

Chris Anderson is Professor of English at Oregon State University and author or coauthor of 12 books, including a book of poems, My Problem With the Truth (Cloudbank, 2003). He is also a Catholic Deacon. canderson@oregon-state.edu

René Bakker is a Dutch Photographer with a passion for monochrome photography. http://home.wanadoo.nl/rene.r.bakker

Steven Chase is Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, MI. His books include Angelic Spirituality (Notre Dame, 1995), Contemplation and Compassion (Orbis, 2003), and The Tree of Life: Models of Christian Prayer (Baker Academic, 2005). He is ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Steven.Chase@westernsem.edu

John A. Coleman, SJ, is Charles Casassa Professor of Social Values at Loyola Marymount University. He is a specialist in the sociology of religion and is the author or editor of seventeen books. jcoleman@lmu.edu

Virgilio Elizondo is a diocesan priest and the founder of the Mexican American Cultural Center. He is currently Professor of Pastoral and Hispanic Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He has authored numerous books and articles on Guadalupe, Mestizaje, and the Galilean Jesus and has edited a number of issues of the international journal, Concilium, as a member of its editorial board. velizond@nd.edu

Mary Frohlich, RSCJ, is Associate Professor of Spirituality and Director of the M.A. Program at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. She has written extensively on Thérèse of Lisieux as well as on other topics in the discipline of Spirituality. frohlich@ctu.edu

Tamie Harkins is an Episcopal chaplain at Northern Arizona University, in Flagstaff, Arizona. In her latest photographic adventures, she and her brother were privileged to visit St. Michael Skete on Spruce Island, in Alaska, during the winter of 2006. tamiemarieharkins@yahoo.com

Timothy Hessel-Robinson is Alberta and Harold Lunger Assistant Professor of Spiritual Resources and Disciplines at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University. He earned a Ph.D. in Christian spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union. Tim.Robinson@tcu.edu [End Page 123]

Michael Kenna has been a photographer for over three decades. In 2001, he was made a Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters by the Ministry of Culture in France. His photographs have been exhibited worldwide and are in numerous museum collections. Over twenty books and catalogs have been published on his work. www.michaelkenna.com

Laurie Kutchins is Professor of English at James Madison University. She is the author of Between Towns (Texas Tech Press, 1993) and The Night Path (BOA Editions, Ltd., 1997). Her poems and essays have appeared widely in The New Yorker, The Georgia Review, The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, Orion, Urthona, and other magazines. Her most recent book of poems, Slope of the Child Everlasting, will be published by BOA Editions in May 2007. kutchill@hotmail.com

Martin Laird, OSA, is Associate Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University. His publications include Gregory of Nyssa and the Grasp of Faith: Union, Knowledge, and Divine Presence (Oxford University Press, 2004) and Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation (Oxford University Press, 2006). martin.laird@villanova.edu

Mary Oliver is the author of several books of poetry, and is the recipient of the National Book Award, the Christopher Award, the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Beacon Press recently released a new CD of Ms. Oliver’s work entitled “Mary Oliver reads Mary Oliver,” and she recently released a new book of poems entitled Thirst (Beacon Press, 2006).

Stephanie Paulsell teaches at Harvard Divinity School and is the author of Honoring the Body: Meditations on a Christian Practice (Jossey-Bass, 2003). spaulsell@hds.harvard.edu

Kwok Pui-lan is William F. Cole Professor of Christian Theology and Spirituality at the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her most recent book is Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology (Westminster John Knox, 2005). pkwok@eds.edu

Leigh E. Schmidt is Professor of Religion at Princeton University. He is the author, most recently, of Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality (HarperSanFransisco, 2006). leschmid@princeton.edu

Phillip Sheldrake is the William Leech Professor of...

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