Speakers
Emmanuel Katongole
Emmanuel Katongoleis Catholic priest of the Kampala archdiocese in Uganda and co-director of the Center for Reconciliation at Duke Divinity School—a center whose mission is to inspire, form, and support leaders, communities and congregations to think, feel, and live as ambassadors of reconciliation in a broken world.Dr. Katongole’s research interests cover a wide range of issues related to theology and violence especially in Africa. He examines the role of stories in the formation of political identity, the dynamics of social memory and the nature and role of Christian imagination. His published works include: Beyond Universal Reason; The Relation Between Religion and Ethics in the Work of Stanley Hauerwas (Notre Dame Press, 2000), African Theology Today (Scranton Press, 2002), and more recently, A Future for Africa (University of Scranton Press, 2005). Katongole serves on the board of the International Academic Advisory Council of St. Augustine’s College of South Africa.
Kelly Johnson
Kelly Johnson is Associate Professor at the University of Dayton, as well as an author and speaker. After earning a B.A. in theology and an M.A. in liturgical studies at the University of Notre Dame (1986, 1987), Kelly Johnson spent several years working with the Catholic Worker in Connecticut and the Peace People in Belfast, as well as teaching in Poland and Tennessee. While writing for her Ph.D. (Duke University) and teaching at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN, she helped to start a Catholic Worker house of hospitality. Although teaching at the Univiversity of Dayton now occupies the bulk of her time, Dr. Johnson continues to maintain ties to the Catholic Worker and to the Ekklesia Project, an ecumenical association of scholars, pastors, and lay people encouraging Christians to remember their vocation as a historical community whose primary allegiance is to the Body of Christ.James K.A. Smith
James K.A. Smith is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College and a notable figure in contemporary theology.
His work is undertaken at the borderlands between philosophy, theology, ethics, aesthetics, science, and politics. Informed by a long Augustinian tradition of theological cultural critique--from Augustine and Calvin to Edwards and Kuyper--his interests are in bringing critical thought to bear on the practices of the church and the church's witness to culture.He is the author of numerous books, the latest of which is "The Devil Reads Derrida--And Other Essays on the University, the Church, Politics, and the Arts." You can read more about his work at one of his websites:
http://www.jameskasmith.com/
http://jameskasmith.blogspot.com/
http://forsclavigera.blogspot.com/
Rob Morris
Rob Morris is the president of LOVE146, an organization committed to combating child sex slavery & exploitation with the unexpected and to restoring survivors with excellence.
Love146 works toward the abolition of child sex slavery and exploitation through Prevention and Aftercare. To read more about this organization go to their website.Mark Russell
Mark Russell is an editor at The Other Journal and director of Spiritual Integration at HOPE since October of 2007. He has a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary, a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a Bachelor of Science in International Business from Auburn University. His doctoral dissertation focused on Business as Mission (BAM). Mark has gained tremendous international understanding in his time living and working in Russia, Chile and Germany and in his extensive travel to over 70 countries to carry out a variety of business, educational, humanitarian and religious projects. Mark has been published in over fifty academic and popular level publications. He lives in Boise, Idaho with his wife Laurie, and their children, Noah and Anastasia.