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Michael G. Datcher

Michael G. Datcher, clinical assistant professor of English at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, co-edited Tough Love: The Life and Death of Tupac Shakur (BlackWords Inc., 1996). He can discuss criticism of rap music and of the hiphop ethos.

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Kathleen Sands

Kathleen Sands, an associate professor of American studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, is the author of Escape from Paradise: Evil and Tragedy in Feminist Theology. She says that in the 1970s, with the onset of liberation theology, religious scholars moved from thinking of evil as an absence of the good to viewing sin as […]

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Jessica Ralph

Dancer Jessica Ralph, a member of the National Baptist Convention USA, directs workshops using hiphop, liturgical dance and other art forms in a religious context. She is a member of the World Council of Churches’ transformation team, a group with varied backgrounds and talents who lead classes and workshops.

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Marcyliena Morgan

Marcyliena Morgan is a professor in the department of African and African American studies at Harvard University and author of Language, Discourse and Power in African American Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2006). She founded the Hiphop Archive at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University while on the faculty there. She now directs the Hiphop Archive@Stanford University and is working […]

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Christine Smith

Christine Smith, professor of preaching at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities in New Brighton, Minn., has written about sin and evil in feminist thought and about preaching as a radical response to evil.

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Emilie M. Townes

Emilie M. Townes is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion & Black Studies at Boston University School of Theology. She is an ordained American Baptist clergywoman. She is an expert on Christian ethics, womanist theology, cultural theory, as well as racial and economic justice.

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18Doors.com

18Doors.com (formerly InterfaithFamily.com) is a resource supporting interfaith couples exploring Jewish life and inclusive Jewish communities. It offers educational content; connections to welcoming organizations, professionals and programs; and resources and trainings for organizations, clergy and other program providers.

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J. Michael Plavcan

J. Michael Plavcan is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He contributed a chapter titled “The Invisible Bible: The Logic of Creation Science” to Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism.

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