Edward H. Sewell Jr. is associate professor emeritus in the department of communication studies at Virginia Tech. He co-edited (with Matthew P. McAllister and Ian Gordon) the volume Comics & Ideology, a collection of 11 essays.

Jeremy Lott is an author and a contributing editor to Books & Culture. He wrote a July 10, 2006, article in Books & Culture about the movie Superman Returns. He lives in Fairfax, Va.

Matthew P. McAllister is a professor in the department of film/video and media studies at Penn State University in University Park, Pa. He co-edited (with Edward H. Sewell Jr. and Ian Gordon) the book Comics & Ideology, a collection of 11 essays.

The Rev. James McDermott is a Catholic priest and former associate editor of America, a national Jesuit weekly. McDermott writes frequently about spiritual themes in popular culture and takes a keen interest in the comic book culture.

John W. Vest is the associate pastor for youth ministry at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago and a Ph.D student in Biblical Studies at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Vest wrote “When a Hero Dies,” a June 2007 essay from Sightings, the online journal maintained by The Martin Marty Center at the Divinity School […]

Target Earth, in Colfax, Wash., is a national network of Christian organizations committed to environmental stewardship.

The Rev. Angelique Walker-Smith is executive director of the Church Federation of Greater Indianapolis, which has participated in the National Council of Churches’ Faith-based Climate and Energy Campaign.

The Web of Creation, an ecumenical site maintained by the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, provides congregational resources on ecology and religion. Contact director David Rhoads.

Religious Witness for the Earth, based in Littleton, Mass., is a national interfaith network dedicated to public witness on issues such as climate change and environmental devastation. Contact co-chairs Rev. Dr. Andrea Ayvazian,  senior minister of the Haydenville Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, in Haydenville, Mass.; or Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb of Adat Shalom […]