About the Authors

 

David E. Bumbaugh is Professor of Ministry at Meadville Lombard Theological School, author of Unitarian Universalism: A Narrative History, The Education of God, and numerous articles. A graduate of Meadville Lombard Theological School, he served as a parish minister to several congregations over a thirty-five-year period before returning to the school to serve in his present capacity in 1998.

 

Marvin L. Cooke is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tulsa Community College. He has worked as a local church pastor, director of an interfaith understanding and social justice organization, an urban planner, and a college administrator. He holds a B.A. from the University of Central Oklahoma, M.Div. from Phillips Theological Seminary, and Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University.

 

Michael Hogue is Assistant Professor of Theology at Meadville Lombard Theological School. He received a B.A. from Hope College, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (in theological ethics). He has published articles and reviews in Literature and Theology and the Journal of Religion, and has an article in a forthcoming issue of Zygon on theological ethics and technological culture.

 

Richard A. Kellaway is minister emeritus of the First Unitarian Church of New Bedford, Massachusetts. A graduate of Antioch College and Harvard Divinity School, he has been a Unitarian Universalist minister for forty-five years. His essay was originally presented to Collegium.

 

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. This is his second contribution to the Journal.

Brent A. Smith is minister of All Souls Community Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Previously, he served as senior minister of both All Souls UU Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids. He holds a D.Min. from Meadville Lombard Theological School.

 

Jerome A. Stone is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion at Harper College in suburban Chicago and Adjunct Professor at Meadville Lombard Theological School. He is the author of the book The Minimalist Vision of Transcendence, of numerous articles, and a frequent contributor to this Journal. This essay is an excerpt from his forthcoming book dealing with the history of religious naturalism.