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Roy Anker

Roy Anker, a longtime professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., is the author of Beautiful Light: Religious Meaning in Film. He has also written about religion and the films of M. Night Shyamalan and the use of artificial intelligence in the films of Steven Spielberg.

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George Aichele

George Aichele, professor of philosophy and religion at Adrian College in Adrian, Mich., has written about connections between scripture and film, and about culture, entertainment and the Bible. He’s not so much interested in “Bible movies” that focus on overtly religious or theological themes. He’s interested in the points where biblical text, images, languages and […]

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Ross B. Emmett

Ross B. Emmett is Professor of Political Economy and Political Theory & Constitutional Democracy at James Madison College, Michigan State University. He has written “The Idea of a Secular Society Revisited” in Faith, Reason, and Economics: Essays in Honour of Anthony Waterman, edited by Derek Hum (St. John’s College Press, 2003; and “Frank Knight: Economics vs. Religion” […]

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William D. Romanowski

William D. Romanowski is a professor of communication arts and sciences at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. He wrote Pop Culture Wars: Religion and the Role of Entertainment in American Life and Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Popular Culture.

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Jordan J. Ballor

Jordan J. Ballor is a research fellow and executive editor at the Acton Institute in Grand Rapids, Mich., which promotes “a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles.”

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Dr. Pashaura Singh

Dr. Pashaura Singh is a professor of religious studies at the University of California, Riverside. He taught Sikh studies, Punjabi language and Religions of India for thirteen years at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He combines a command of classical and colloquial Punjabi and Hindi languages (including a working knowledge of Sanskrit) and a sound knowledge of […]

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