John F. Haught
John F. Haught is professor emeritus of theology at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow in Science and Religion at the university's Woodstock Theological Center. In lectures, articles, and books, he brings theology into dialogue with science by addressing issues pertaining to cosmology, evolution, ecology, and belief. In 2005, Haught testified as an expert witness for the plaintiffs in the "intelligent design trial" in Dover, PA.
Among his recent publications are God and the New Atheism: A Critical Response to Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens (2008); Christianity and Science: Toward a Theology of Nature (2007); Is Nature Enough? Meaning and Truth in the Age of Science (2006); Deeper than Darwin: The Prospects for Religion in the Age of Evolution (2003); and God after Darwin: A Theology of Evolution (2000, 2007).
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William T. Cavanaugh
Theologian and ethicist, William T. Cavanaugh earned his Ph.D. in religion at Duke University in 1996 and is professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. In his teaching, lectures, and writing, he explores the ways in which theology provides tools for understanding and responding to urgent social issues such as consumerism, the economic crisis, violence, war, and torture.
Cavanaugh is the author of The Myth of Religious Violence: Secular Ideology and the Roots of Modern Conflict (2009); Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire (2008); Theological Imagination: Discovering the Liturgy as a Political Act in an Age of Global Consumerism (2002); and Torture and Eucharist: Theology, Politics and the Body of Christ (1998).
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Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C.
Scholar, film producer, and priest, Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C., is assistant professor of theology and director of the Center for Latino Spirituality and Culture at the University of Notre Dame. His lectures, books, and films about migrants and migration are informed by his work in Latin America, particularly along the U.S.-Mexican border. His film Dying to Live: A Migrant's Journey won national awards and aired on PBS.
Groody's books include Globalization, Spirituality and Justice: Navigating the Path to Peace (2007); The Option for the Poor in Christian Theology (2007); and Border of Death, Valley of Life: An Immigrant Journey of the Heart and Spirit (2002). He co-edited A Promised Land, A Perilous Journey: Theological Perspectives on Migration (2008).
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Christine E. Gudorf
Known for her work in bioethics, Christine E. Gudorf is professor and chair of religious studies at Florida International University in Miami. She earned a Ph.D. in religion at Columbia University and in comparative sociology at Florida State University. Research in theology, sexuality and gender, and human development has taken her to Asia, Latin America, and Europe.
Past president of the Society of Christian Ethics and former editor of the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, Gudorf is the author of Body, Sex, and Pleasure: Reconstructing Christian Sexual Ethics (1994) and co-author of Boundaries: Cases in Environmental Ethics (2002, 2009); Ethics in World Religions: A Cross-Cultural Casebook (1999); and Christian Ethics: A Case Method Approach (1989, 1994, 2005).
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