The Hope of Liberation in World Religions

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329 ChoI, hee AN is a lecturer and the director of the Anna howard Shaw Center at Boston University, School of Theology. She is author of Korean Women and God: Experiencing God in a Multi-Religious Colonial Context (2005) and co-editor of Engaging the Bible: Critical Readings from Contemporary Women (2006). De LA ToRRe, MIGUeL A. is associate professor of social ethics and director of the Justice and peace Institute at Iliff School of Theology . he has authored or edited over thirteen books, including the award-winning: Reading the Bible from the Margins (2002); Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins (2004); and Santería: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America (2004). eLLIS, MARC h. is university professor and director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Baylor University. he is the author and editor of more than twenty books including Unholy Alliance: Religion and Atrocity in Our Time, Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation, and Reading the Torah Out Loud: A Journey of Lament and Hope. hABITo, RUBeN L. f. is professor of world religions and spirituality at perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. he is the author of over fifteen books, in Japanese, and in English, including Living Zen, Loving God (2004), Experiencing Buddhism: Ways of LIst oFContRIBUtoRs 330 —List of Contributors Wisdom and Compassion (2005), and Healing Breath: Zen for Buddhists and Christians in a Wounded World (2006). ho, WAN-LI is a senior lecturer of Chinese and Chinese religion at emory University. She has coauthored The Tao of Jesus: An Experiment in Inter-Religious Understanding (1998) and numerous articles. her research interests include Chinese religion and comparative thought, Asian studies, and comparative ecofeminism. She specializes in Chinese religious women and social activism. NKULU-N’SeNGhA, MUToMBo is a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo. he is an assistant professor at California State University Northridge where he is also the director of the “Global Village forum.” An associate editor of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies (JES), he has published extensively in the areas of “Bumuntu philosophy ” and “Bumuntu Theology.” oMAR, IRfAN A. is assistant professor of Islam and world religions in the department of theology at Marquette University. he is the editor of A Muslim View of Christianity: Essays on Dialogue by Mahmoud Ayoub (2007) and Islam and Other Religions: Pathways to Dialogue (2006). In 2006 he was the recipient of a U.S. fulbright Senior Scholar Award for lecturing in Indonesia. pINN, ANThoNY B. is Agnes Cullen Arnold professor of humanities and professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. he is the author/editor of seventeen books, including Terror and Triumph: The Nature of Black Religion (2003); African American Humanist Principles : Living and Thinking Like the Children of Nimrod (2004); and The African American Religious Experience in America (2005). pUNTARIGVIVAT, TAVIVAT is the director of the Institute of Research and Development at the World Buddhist University and the editor-in-chief of the WFB Review published by the World fellowship of Buddhists. he has authored over ten books, including Dependency Theory and Liberation Theology (2001), Religion and Philosophy in China and Japan (2002), and Dynamic Meditation of Luangpor Teean (2003). List of Contributors — 331 RAMBAChAN, ANANT is professor of religion at Saint olaf College . his books include Accomplishing the Accomplished, The Limits of Scripture, and The Advaita World View. RIeGeR, JoeRG is professor of systematic theology at perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas. his books include Christ and Empire: From Paul to Postcolonial Times (2007), God and the Excluded: Visions and Blindspots in Contemporary Theology (2001), and Remember the Poor: The Challenge to Theology in the Twenty-First Century (1998). RUeTheR, RoSeMARY is the Carpenter professor emerita at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley and presently teaches at the Claremont Graduate University and Claremont School of Theology. She is author or editor of forty-five books on theology and social justice. STeWART, DIANNe M. is associate professor of religion and African American studies at emory University. She is the author of Three Eyes for the Journey: African Dimensions of the Jamaican Religious Experience (2005) and she has published a number of articles and essays on theologies and religious practices of the African diaspora with emphases on black/womanist theologies and African-Caribbean religions. TINKeR, GeoRGe e. “Tink” is a citizen of the wazhazhe (osage) nation. he is professor of American Indian Cultures and Religious Traditions at...