Denise Ackermann is Professor in Practical Theology at the University of the Western Cape, author of many articles and books, and a leading feminist theologian from South Africa, who has taught at several universities both in South Africa and abroad. She acted as advisory theologian to Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndugane at the 13th Lambeth Conference of the Anglican Communion.

Russel Botman is Professor in practical theology at the University of Stellenbosh, previously of the University of the Western Cape, a South African representative on the World Alliance of Reformed Churches; he is widely involved in ecumenical matters.

David Chidester is Head of the Department of Religious Studies, Professor of Comparative Religion and Director of the Institute of Comparative Religion in South Africa, all at the University of Cape Town, and author of numerous books and articles on religion.

James Cochrane, convener of the colloquium which produced this book, is Professor in Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town, Director of the Research Institute on Christianity in South Africa, Editor of New South African Outlook, and author of many articles and books.

Don Foster is Professor in Psychology at the University of Cape Town, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, and author of many articles and books.

Amanda Gouws is Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Stellenbosch, previously Acting Director of the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town.

Shireen Hassim is lecturer in the department of Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.

Bastienne Klein is a consultant to the Non-Government Organization sector in Southern Africa, a student of religion, author of books, and a staff member at the Research Institute on Christianity in South Africa at the University of Cape Town.

Chirevo Kwenda is Senior Lecturer of African traditional religions in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town.

Bernard Lategan is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Stellenbosch, former Dean of its Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, currently Director of its Institute for Advanced Study, and author of many articles and books.

Ebrahim Moosa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and currently visiting professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, USA. Professor Moosa is a prominent thinker in Islamic thought, the author of several essays, an edited book as well as a forthcoming book on the medieval thinker, al-Ghazali. He is a founder of the Center for Contemporary Islam at UCT and the editor of the Journal for Islamic Studies.

Robin Petersen was Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of the Western Cape. Author of several articles and a forthcoming book Time, Resistance and Reconstruction; he also co-edited ‘To Remember and Heal: Theological Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’.

Martin Prozesky is Professor of Comparative and Applied Ethics at the University of Natal, Director of the Unilever Ethics Center there, previous Dean of Humanities, and author of many articles and several books.

Gerald West is Professor in Biblical Studies at the University of Natal, Director of the Institute for the Study of the Bible, member of the editorial board of Semeia and the Bulletin for Contextual Theology, and author of many articles and books.