Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D., is an author and translator of the works of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross. A member of the Institute of Carmelite Studies, he was the vice postulator for the canonization of Edith Stein.

Krishna Sivaraman is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at McMaster University, Canada, and is the author of Saivism in Philosophical Perspective, co-editor of and contributor to Revelation in Indian Philosophy, and author of many articles published in North America and India

Fr Laurence was born in England in 1951 where he was educated by the Benedictines and studied English Literature at Oxford University. In the monastery his spiritual teacher was John Main with whom he studied and whom he helped in the establishment of the first Christian Meditation Centre in London. In 1977, he went with John Main at the invitation of the Archbishop of Montreal to establish a Benedictine community of monks and laypeople dedicated to the practice and teaching of Christian meditation. Fr Laurence studied theology at the Universite...

Rabbi Leon Klenicki was a renowned scholar, theologian, and interfaith pioneer. The Anti-Defamation League’s longtime director of Interfaith Affairs and co-Liaison to the Vatican, Klenicki received many awards for his work, and was made a papal knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Benedict XVI. Klenicki died in 2009.

Leonardo Boff is a former Franciscan monk, a theologian and a poet known for his strong voice for the promotion of human rights and ecological responsibility. He is the professor emeritus of ethics, philosophy of religion, and ecology at Rio de Janeiro State University. He is the author of more than 60 books in the areas of theology, spirituality, philosophy, anthropology and mysticism.

Lisa Sowle Cahill is an American ethicist, and J. Donald Monan Professor at the Boston College. She is known for her studies on gender and sexual ethics, but has extended her work to social and global ethics.

Msgr. Lorenzo Albecete, Ph.D. a physicist by training, is a friend of Pope Paul II. He was president of the Pontifical Catholic University in Puerto Rico and professor of theology at Dunwoodie, the Seminary of the Archdiocese of New York. He has been featured in all major Hispanic media in the U.S., including Telemundo, and Naticias. He lives in Yonkers, New York.

Louis Dupré is a leading religious philosopher and theologian who has made invaluable contributions to the study of the relationship of modern religion to medieval and classical thought. Dupré was the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor in the religious studies department at Yale University for 25 years. He has published books on Marx, Kierkegaard, and modernity, as well as over 200 articles.

Louis M. Savary is a prolific and award-winning writer and has authored, coauthored, ghost-written, or edited over 70 published books (many with Dr. Patricia H. Berne, his wife). He holds several advanced degrees including a Ph.D. in mathematical statistics applied to research in the behavioral sciences, and a Ph.D. in spirituality and theology. He is an adjunct faculty member at several colleges and universities.