George Kimmich Beach is the author of Transforming Liberalism: The Thought of James Luther Adams published in 2005 and the editor of three books of the writings of JLA.  A parish minister for many years he holds degrees from Oberlin, Harvard Divinity School and Meadville Lombard (DD). 

Robin W. Lovin is Cary Maguire University Professor of Ethics at Southern Methodist University.  His essay was presented at the UUA General Assembly in June 2005 as a response to the talk by George Kimmich Beach.

John Alexis (Lex) Crane is minister emeritus of the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, CA. He holds degrees from Starr King School for the Ministry and the University of California.

David Tarbell is a Unitarian Universalist minister and theologian retired from a 40-year career as a technical specialist in the aerospace industry. He holds a BS in physics and an MA in philosophy and has been an active member of Collegium, Association for Liberal Religious Studies, for about 20 years.

P. Roger Gillette is a retired physicist and system development engineer, and a student in philosophy and religious studies at Willamette University.  He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  His essay was originally presented to Collegium, Association for Liberal Religious Studies.

R. Joseph Hoffmann teaches in the religion department at Wells College. He holds degrees from Florida State University, Harvard, and a D.Phil. from Oxford. His areas of specialization are religions of late antiquity; early Christianity; early medieval studies; and interdisciplinary studies in history, literature, and religious thought.

Colin Bossen, Managing Editor of this Journal, is completing his internship at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach, CA and his M.Div at Meadville Lombard Theological School.  A strong social activist, he is the founder of the Chiapas Peace House in Mexico and co-teacher with Dean Susi Pangerl of a Meadville Lombard summer course in and about that province.

Aaron McEmrys is preparing for the Unitarian Universalist ministry at Meadville Lombard Theological School.  He received his B.A. from the National Labor College at the George Meany Center for Labor Studies and worked as a union organizer and educator before entering seminary.

David Tarbell is a Unitarian Universalist minister and theologian retired from a 40-year career as a technical specialist in the aerospace industry. He holds a BS in physics and an MA in philosophy and has been an active member of Collegium, Association for Liberal Religious Studies, for about 20 years.