Stephen Fowl
Loyola College in Maryland

Stephen Fowl is professor of theology at Loyola College in Maryland. He holds the Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield (England). He has written several books including Reading in Communion (with L. Gregory Jones), Engaging Scripture and a forthcoming commentary on Philippians. He has edited several volumes including The Theological Interpretation of Scripture. He has written widely on topics in New Testament, ethics and theology. Fowl is an Episcopal layperson.

David P. Gushee
Union University

David P. Gushee is the Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University. He previously was the Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy and senior fellow, Carl F.H. Henry Center for Christian Leadership, at Union University, in Jackson, Tenn. He joined the faculty at Union, a Tennessee Baptist college, after serving on the faculty of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. Earlier, he was on the staff of Evangelicals for Social Action. He is the author or editor of nine books. Gushee earned his Ph.D. in Christian ethics from Union Theological Seminary, in New York, and is an ordained Southern Baptist pastor.

Steven Kepnes
Colgate University

Steven Kepnes is the William Finard Chair of Jewish Studies at Colgate University. He holds the Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is the author of Reasoning After Revelation: Dialogues in Postmodern Jewish Philosophy (with Peter Ochs and Robert Gibbs), Interpreting Judaism in a Postmodern Age and The Text as Thou: Martin Buber’s Hermeneutics. He is the former editor of the Judaism section of Religious Studies Review and currently serves as the co-chair of the Society of Textual Reasoning and co-editor of The Journal of Textual Reasoning.

Frank D. Macchia
Vanguard University of Southern California

Frank D. Macchia is professor of systematic theology at Vanguard University of Southern California. He holds the M.Div. degree from Union Theological Seminary (New York) and the doctor of theology from the University of Basel (Switzerland). He has served as president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies and currently serves as editor of the Society's journal, Pneuma. He has been active in various ecumenical settings, including the International World Alliance of Reformed Churches/Pentecostal dialogue and the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Christian Churches (USA). His publications have touched on such topics as ecumenism, pneumatology and ecclesiology. He is ordained in the Assemblies of God.

Alan Padgett
Luther Seminary

Alan G. Padgett is professor of systematic theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. He holds the Ph.D. from Oxford University. Previously, he served as the program chair for the D.Min. in spiritual formation at Azusa Pacific University. His most recent books include Science and the Study of God and Introducing Christianity, written with his wife Sally Bruyneel. He is the editor of Journal for Christian Theological Research. Padgett is an ordained United Methodist clergyman.

William C. Placher
Wabash College

William C. Placher is the Charles D. and Elizabeth S. LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Wabash College. He received his A.B. from Wabash and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Yale before returning to the faculty at Wabash, where he has taught for 31 years. He is the author or editor of 10 books, including A History of Christian Theology, Unapologetic Theology, Narratives of a Vulnerable God, Jesus the Savior, and Essentials of Christian Theology. He is an editor-at-large at Christian Century and an elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Cynthia Rigby
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Cynthia L. Rigby is the W.C. Brown Professor of Theology at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, where she has been teaching since 1995. She received her A.B. from Brown University and her M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary. She recently co-edited Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary, and is working on a text on feminist theology. She is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Jeanette Rodriguez
Seattle University

Jeanette Rodriguez is a U.S. Hispanic/Latina theologian and professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Seattle University. She received her Ph.D. at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif., and is the author of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Faith and Empowerment among Mexican American Women, Stories We Live and numerous articles on U.S. Hispanic theology, spirituality and cultural memory. She also co-edited A Reader in Latina Feminist Theology with Maria Pilar Aquino and Daisy Machado. She received the U.S. Catholic Award, which recognizes the contributions of women in the church.

William Werpehowski
Villanova University

William Werpehowski is professor of Christian ethics in the Theology and Religious Studies Department at Villanova University, where he also directs the Center for Peace and Justice Education. He has taught at Villanova since 1980, and received the Ph.D. in religious ethics from Yale University in 1981. Werpehowski is the author of American Protestant Ethics and the Legacy of H. Richard Niebuhr and, most recently, is co- editor, with Gilbert Meilaender, of the Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics. He is a lay member of the Roman Catholic Church.