Enda McDonagh
Ordained priest of Roman
Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam. 1955. Elected Ecumenical
Canon of
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 2007. Professor of Moral
Theology at Maynooth, 1958-1995. Visiting Fellow, Professor
and Lecturer at Universities in UK, EU,
USA, Africa, Asia and Australia. Author of
16 books and editor and contributor to
some twenty others. Co-founder with the Revd Gordon
Dunstan, King's College, London, of Ecumenical Ethics
Study Group.
Amy Oden
Amy teaches history and theology at Wesley Theological Seminary
in Washington, DC. where she is Professor of History of Christianity.
A native of Oklahoma, Amy has worked to bring ancient voices
to bear on contemporary Christian struggles. Her recent scholarship
has focused on the radical practice of hospitality in early
Christianity and its challenge for communities today. She
is a member of the United Methodist Church in USA.
John Rackley
John is a Baptist minister of a city-centre church in Bath,
UK, which has a significant ministry of hospitality to both
tourists and local people. He was President of the Baptist
Union of Great Britain 2003-4. Believing that Scripture must
be treated with total seriousness, he holds that the genius
of the English Reformation was to establish an Authorised
Version of the Bible but not an authorised interpretation.
Andrew Pierce
Andrew Pierce is Lecturer in Ecumenics at the Irish School
of Ecumenics (Trinity College Dublin), where he co-ordinates
the M. Phil Programme in Ecumenics. Currently he is working
on a study of the Modernist Crisis, and participating in
an ISE-based research project on Theological Engagement with
Religious Fundamentalism with colleagues in the Czech Republic
and the Ukraine.
Dom Mark-Ephrem M. Nolan, OSB
Dom Mark-Ephrem M. Nolan, OSB, is Superior of the Benedictine
Monastery at Rostrevor, Co. Down. The Foundation Decree of
this monastery of the Olivetan Congregation states that it
was established to contribute to reconciliation between Catholics
and Protestants in a land stained by the blood of Christian
brothers and sisters. The hospitality offered at Rostrevor
is open to all.
Fran Porter
Fran Porter is a researcher and writer based in Belfast.
Her research interests are in socially engaged theology and
feminist engagement with Christianity. She is author of 'Changing
Women, Changing Worlds' and 'It Will Not Be Taken Away From
Her.' Fran is currently conducting a research project on
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