Contributors
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Susan Abraham is Assistant Professor of Ministry Studies at Harvard Divinity School. Her teaching and research explores postcolonial and feminist theological practices invigorating contemporary communities of faith. She is the author of Identity, Ethics, and Nonviolence in Postcolonial Theory: A Rahnerian Theological Assessment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) and co-editor of Shoulder to Shoulder: Frontiers in Catholic Feminist Theology (Fortress, 2009). Ongoing research includes feminist theological education and formation, interfaith and interreligious peace initiatives, theology and political theory, religion and media, global Christianities, and Christianity between colonialism and postcolonialism. sabraham@hds.harvard.edu
David Ades is an Australian poet currently living in Pittsburgh. His poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Bewildering Stories, Blue Pepper, Five Poetry Journal, Illya’s Honey, Red River Review, Rune Literary Magazine, San Pedro River Review and Eye Contact. He is one of nine poets featured on a CD titled “Adelaide 9 - The poetry of the city.” His collection, Mapping the World, was commended for the Fellowship of Australian Writers Anne Elder Award 2008. davidades@hotmail.com
Ann W. Astell is Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and President of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion. The author of six books, beginning with The Song of Songs in the Middle Ages (Cornell University Press, 1990) and including, most recently, Eating Beauty: The Eucharist and the Spiritual Arts of the Middle Ages (Cornell University Press, 2006), she is also the editor or co-editor of six collections of essays, including Lay Sanctity, Medieval and Modern: The Search for Models (University of Notre Dame Press, 2000), Joan of Arc and Spirituality (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2003), and Sacrifice, Scripture, and Substitution: Readings in Ancient Judaism and Christianity (University of Notre Dame Press, 2011). Her articles have appeared in such journals as Contagion, Listening, Spiritus, Studies in Spirituality, Franciscan Studies, and Christianity and Literature. Ann.W.Astell.1@nd.edu
Candy Gunther Brown is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. She is the author or editor of Testing Prayer: Science and Healing (Harvard University Press, 2012); Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Healing (Oxford University Press, 2011), and The Word in the World: Evangelical Writing, Publishing, and Reading in America, 1789–1880 (University of North [End Page 157] Carolina Press, 2004). Her latest book, The Healing Gods of Christian America: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Mainstream, is forthcoming from Oxford University Press in 2013. browncg@indiana.edu
Keith J. Egan is the Joyce McMahon Hank Aquinas Chair in Catholic Theology emeritus at Saint Mary’s College, and Adjunct Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is a corresponding fellow of the Institutum Carmelitanum, Rome, and a founding member of the North American Carmelite Forum. kegan@saintmarys.edu
David Faldet is the author of Oneota Flow (University of Iowa Press, 2009). His poetry has appeared in Mid-American Review and Rocky Mountain Review. He lives in Decorah, Iowa and teaches a range of courses as Professor of English at Luther College. faldetda@luther.edu
Bahman Farzad is a freelance photographer and teacher of photography. His love of photography and graphic design has won him numerous national and international awards. Bahman has a deep fascination with the lotus flower and has been photographing this subject for many years. Lotusflowerimages.com; Bahman.Farzad@sungard.com
Jane Galin grew up in New York City. Working as a therapist, sometimes with those in extremity and experiencing the natural world have similarly influenced her writing. She now lives in Portland, Oregon. janegalin@hei.net
David Greene is Professor of Arts Studies emeritus at North Carolina State University, where he was the founding director of the program by the same name. His undergraduate degree is from Harvard, where he won the Wister Prize as the first-ranking senior in Music. His Ph.D. in Religious Studies is from Yale University. He has published thirteen books and more than thirty articles dealing with arts and ideas. dbgreene@ncsu.edu
Douglas Hardy is an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene with a Ph.D. in the Psychology of Religion. He grew up in Canada and studied in New England and southern California. He currently serves as Professor of Spiritual...
