Professor Berger teaches in the field of liturgical studies and in Catholic theology; she holds doctorates in both fields. Her scholarly interests for many years lay at the intersection of these disciplines with gender theory.

Tessa Bielecki is Mother Abbess of the Spiritual Life Institute,a Carmelite community with hermitages in Colorado, Nova Scotia, and Ireland. She studied for a career in international relations at Trinity College in Washington, D.C., before entering a monastery in 1967. Mother Tessa is actively involved in Buddhist-Christian dialogs and international initiatives exploring world peace and planetary survival. She is the author of Teresa of Avila: Ecstasy and Common Sense and Holy Daring, and publisher of Forefront,a quarterly magazine of contemporary spirituality.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and is both the temporal and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He travels the world speaking on peace and interreligious understanding, giving Buddhist teachings, and meeting with political leaders as he works tirelessly on behalf of the Tibetan people. He resides in Dharamsala, India, and is the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile.

Thomas à Kempis (1379-1471), a priest, is also the author of The Imitation of Christ, second to the Bible as the best-selling book in Western history.

Thomas Day is the chair of the music department at Salve Regina University where he teaches music and humanities courses. He is an active composer and member of the American Guild of Organists, the American Musicological Society, and the College Music Society, and is the author of Where Have You Gone, Michelangelo?: The Loss of Soul in Catholic Culture. He lives in Newport, Rhode Island.

Thomas H. Groome is professor of pastoral theology and religious education at Boston College. He completed doctoral studies at Columbia University Teacher’s College and Union Theological Seminary in New York. He has lectured widely throughout the world. Professor Groome is author of Christian Religious Education, probably the most widely read and translated book in religious education of the 20th century, and of Sharing Faith, already considered a classic in the field. He is also the principal author of Coming to Faith, a religion curriculum for K-8th grade.

Thomas H. O’Connor is a professor emeritus and a university historian at Boston College. He is the author of Boston A to Z and The Hub: Boston Past and Present. He lives in Boston.

Thomas Keating is the founder of the Centering Prayer movement, an author, a teacher, and a monk who has worked for many years to foster understanding among the world's religions. A member of the Cistercian Order in the Benedictine tradition, he has served at monasteries in Colorado and Massachusetts and currently directs retreats in the practice of Centering Prayer, a cornerstone of contemporary Christian contemplative practice. He is the author of numerous books, including Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit; Manifesting God; Open Mind, Open Heart; St. Therese of Lisieux;...