brief backgrounds of contributors Philip Clayton — Dean of Claremont School of Theology, process theologian, and author of 14 books including Adventures in the Spirit and Religion and Science: The Basics. Michael Dowd — Evolutionary theologian, bestselling author of Thank God for Evolution, and evangelist for Big History and Religious Naturalism. Rachel Held Evans — American Christian columnist, blogger and author of Evolving in Monkeytown and A Year of Biblical Womanhood. Matthew Fox — Episcopal priest, early and influential exponent of Creation Spirituality, and author of many works including Original Blessing, Creation Spirituality, and The Coming of the Cosmic Christ. Catherine Keller — Process theologian, professor of Constructive Theology at New Jersey's Drew University, and author of several books including On the Mystery: Discerning Divinity in Process. Megan McKenna — An internationally known author, theologian, storyteller and lecturer. She teaches on a circuit of colleges and universities and leads retreats, workshops and parish missions. Michael Morwood — Well-known throughout Australia for his involvement with the Progressive Christian network, Morwood is a former Catholic priest and author of Praying a New Story. Jan Phillips — Evolutionary thinker, mystic and author of No Ordinary Time: The Rise of Spiritual Intelligence and Evolutionary Creativity. Barbara Rossing — Professor of New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Her publications include The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation. Painting the Stars © 2013 livingthequestions.com, LLC Contributor Backgrounds Bruce Sanguin — United Church of Canada minister and author of popular books on Evolutionary Christianity including If Darwin Prayed and Darwin, Divinity, and the Dance of the Cosmos. Bernard Brandon Scott — New Testament Professor at the Phillips Theological Seminary and author of several books including Hear Then the Parable and Re- Imagine the World. John Shelby Spong — Retired Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, columnist, and author of twenty books including Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism and Why Christianity Must Change or Die. Gretta Vosper — United Church of Canada minister, founder of the Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity, and author of With or Without God: Why the Way We Live is More Important Than What We Believe and Amen: What Prayer Can Mean in a World Beyond Belief. David M. Felten & Jeff Procter-Murphy — United Methodist pastors, co- creators of the Living the Questions series, and authors of Living the Questions: the Wisdom of Progressive Christianity. Painting the Stars © 2013 livingthequestions.com, LLC Contributor Backgrounds .