The Rev. Rosemary Lloyd is the adviser to faith communities for The Conversation Project, an organization that promotes and facilitates conversations on end-of-life care. She is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister and longtime hospice volunteer.

Gina Zurlo is a senior researcher and lecturer in world Christianity at Harvard Divinity School. She is also editor of the World Christian Database and a visiting research scholar at Boston University’s Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs.

Krysten Winter-Green is a clinical social worker who specializes in clergy sexual abuse. She has consulted for Catholic dioceses and congregations and previously served on the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

Angie Thurston is a ministry innovation fellow at Harvard Divinity School. She is also co-author of “How We Gather,” a report on how people find community in the modern world.

Casper ter Kuile is a ministry innovation fellow at Harvard Divinity School. He studies innovation within secular and sacred communities and co-authored “How We Gather,” a report on where millennials find belonging. He’s also co-host of the podcast “Harry Potter and the Sacred Text.”

Helen A. Berger is a sociologist at Brandeis University. She studies gender and new religions, with a focus on paganism and witchcraft.

Simone Bloom Nathan is the author of Eight Candles and a Tree, a children’s book for interfaith families.

Craig Story is a professor of biology at Gordon College, where he also directs the Pastors and Science Project.

Megan Powell Cuzzolino is a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a former science teacher. Her graduate research centers on potential clashes between scientific and religious knowledge.