Missionary Church USA
An evangelical church committed to church planting and world missions based in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Region: Nebraska
Vineyard USA
Has network of over 1,500 churches worldwide. They work alongside existing local churches to help reproduce and plant new Vineyard churches. Michael Gatlin is the national church planting director.
Richard J. Hauser
The Rev. Richard J. Hauser is professor of systemic and spiritual theology at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. He says that the commitment and ability to live celibately is the essential condition for ordination to priesthood, for gays and for straights.
Richard Duncan
Richard Duncan is a law professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an expert on abortion law.
Leonard J. Greenspoon
Leonard J. Greenspoon is a professor of Jewish civilization and classical and Near Eastern studies at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. A specialist in biblical translation, he wrote “The KJV and the Jews,” an essay at the website of the Society of Biblical Literature, and a 1993 article in Bible Review titled “The New Testament in the Comics.”
Amy M. Haddad
Amy M. Haddad is a professor and director of the Center for Health Policy and Ethics and a professor of health sciences at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. She is past chairwoman of the ethics special interest group of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
Richard L. Wiener
Psychology professor Richard L. Wiener lead a research team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln that studied the impact of law on everyday behavior, the implementation of law in the legal system, and the fit between the law and assumptions about human conduct. The team has studied hospital ethics boards’ end-of-life recommendations.
Paul Allen Williams
Paul Allen Williams is an assistant professor in the department of philosophy and religion at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and was editor of the Journal of Religion and Film from 2004 to 2008. He also teaches courses on African religions, the history of Christianity, world religions, Islam and New Testament.
“Of Myth and Men”
A conversation between Bill Moyers and George Lucas on the meaning of the Force and the true theology of Star Wars (Time, Apr. 26, 1999).