Mark Allman holds a PhD in Christian ethics from Loyola University in Chicago. He teaches at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts. Dr. Allman’s work has been published in numerous scholarly and popular journals.

Martin C. Albl is professor of religious studies at Presentation College in Aberdeen, S.D., and author of The Church: Christ in the World Today. He received his doctorate in religious studies from Marquette University in Milwaukee.

Mary Katherine Birge, SSJ, PhD, is an associate professor of theology at Mount St. Mary’’s University, where she specializes in biblical studies.