List of Authors
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Justin L. Barrett
Biography
Justin L. Barrett was recently appointed as Thrive Chair and Professor of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary. He was director of the Cognition, Religion, and Theology Project at the University of Oxford and a research associate at the Ian Ramsey Centre, also at the University of Oxford. He was the recipient of the William Bier Award in 2010 from the American Psychological...
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Sharon Begley
Biography
Sharon Begley is the science editor of the The Wall Street Journal and was formerly a senior editor at Newsweek magazine for twenty-five years. She and her husband live in Pelham, New York, with their son and daughter.
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Adam Bellow
Biography
Adam Bellow is vice president/executive editor at Harper-Collins. He has also been an executive editor at Doubleday (Random House) and was formerly editorial director of The Free Press (Simon & Schuster). His essays and articles have appeared in numerous publications. He is also the author of In Praise of Nepotism: A History of Family Enterprise from King David to George W. Bush (Anchor).
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Peter L. Benson
Biography
Peter L. Benson was the president of Search Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the leading center in America devoted to strengthening how our nation supports children, adolescents, and young adults. He was widely recognized as one of the leading thinkers on social change, community building, and human development. He authored or edited fifteen books, including All Kids Are Our Kids: What Communities Must Do to Raise Caring and Responsible Children and Adolescents...
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R. J. Berry
Biography
R. J. Berry was professor of genetics at University College London from1974 to 2000. He is a distinguished ecologist, having served as president of the British Ecological Society and the European Ecological Federation, and he is the author of over 200 scientific papers. For many years, Berry has been involved in debates about the relationship of science and the Christian faith. He is a...
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Marco Bersanelli
Biography
Marco Bersanelli is professor of astrophysics at the University
of Milan. He has worked as a visiting scholar at the
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, and is
a member of the science team of the Planck Surveyor Space
Mission, the European Space Agency project to study the
early universe. He is also president of EURESIS, a scientific
and cultural association promoting interdisciplinary dialogue
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Charles Birch
Biography
Charles Birch was emeritus professor at the University of Sydney from 1983 until his death in 2009. In 1961 he was honored as a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1980. He became a member of the Club of Rome in 1980 and was an Honorary Life Fellow of the British Ecological Society. He was also an Honorary Life Member of the Ecological Society of America. The Eminent Ecologist Award was...
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David Blankenhorn
Biography
David Blankenhorn is founder and president of the Institute for American Values, a nonpartisan organization devoted to strengthening families and civil society in the U.S. and the world. For the past three years, he has led an initiative at the institute to study thrift. A 1998 profile in the New York Times described Blankenhorn as a "consensus builder for a moral base in society." He lives in New York City with his wife, Raina, their son, Raymond, and...
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Joseph A. Bracken, SJ
Biography
Joseph A. Bracken, SJ, is a retired professor of theology and director emeritus of the Edward B. Brueggeman Center for Dialogue at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is the author of nine books and editor or coeditor of two other works in the area of philosophical theology. His focus in recent years has been on the God-world relationship both as it figures in the religion and science debate and in interreligious dialogue. He is a long-time student of the philosophy...
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Bruce Brander
Biography
Bruce Brander is an international journalist and author of several books on travel and social philosophy. He has been a staff writer and photographer of newspapers in New Zealand and the United States, was a writer and editor for National Geographic, and for twelve years served as a traveling journalist and editor for World Vision, a global relief and development agency. Bruce Brander lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.