John A. Sanford was an Episcopal priest and Jungian analyst. His wrote many books on biblical interpretation, dreams, the afterlife, mystical Christianity, ministry, and other topics that relate to spirituality and psychology.

John de Beer studied physics at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Anglican Chaplain, The Rev. John Davies, invited students to connect the Christian faith with their lives in an apartheid society. This shaped the direction of John’s life. He studied theology at Oxford, England, then served an internship in the United States, where he married Tricia Worrell in1970. John was ordained as a priest in the Anglican Diocese of Johannesburg in 1972. For five decades he has been a partner in pioneering adult faith formation...

John E. Thiel is Professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University. His other books include Imagination and Authority: Theological Authorship in the Modern Tradition, Nonfoundationalism, and Senses of Tradition: Community and Development in Catholic Faith. Twice a recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Dr. Thiel is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Catholic Theological Society of America, and the American Theological Society.

John Garvey is president of the Catholic University of America. He was dean of Boston College Law school from 1999-2010 and is author or coauthor of many award-winning books. Garvey earned his J.D. in 1974 at Harvard Law School, where he served as treasurer of the Harvard Law Review. He received an A.B. in 1970 from the University of Notre Dame.

John J. Dietzen is a retired Catholic pastor whose career has spanned 40 years in pastoral ministry, marriage and family education, and journalism. His weekly question and answer column is syndicated nationally in nearly 40 Catholic newspapers, and he also writes a weekly column for the Peoria Journal-Star. He teaches philosophy and conducts parish missions and retreats for men, women, and couples and serves as episcopal vicar for retired priests in his diocese. He lives in Peoria, Illinois.

John Markey, OP, is a Professor of Theology and the Director of the PhD program in Spirituality at Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1984, then earned an M.A. in Theology there two years later. He entered the Dominican Order in 1987 and was ordained a priest in 1993. He received his M.Div from the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in 1991 and his PhD in Philosophy and Theology from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California in...