Paul Wink is a professor of psychology at Wellesley College in Wellesley , Mass. He researches adult development and aging and has studied the effects of religion and spirituality on life development and choices, including religious commitment and altruistic behavior.

Julia A. Upton is professor and provost at St. John’s University in Queens, N.Y. She is author of A Time for Embracing:  Reclaiming Reconciliation.

The Institute of Islamic Information & Education in Chicago works to overcome Americans’ prejudices about Islam and Muslims through education. The institute includes an article about the concept of forgiveness in Islam.

Victor Chan co-founded the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education in Toronto and is the author of numerous books about the Dalai Lama and Tibet. Chan is working on a memoir chronicling his five-decade friendship with the Dalai Lama.

Sister Joan Mueller is is professor of theology and Christian spirituality at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., and the founder of the Franciscan Sisters of Joy. She is the author of numerous books and articles on Franciscanism and the related topics of forgiveness, reconciliation and discernment, including the book Is Forgiveness Possible?

Lois E. Malcolm is associate professor of systematic theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. She is co-author of the forthcoming book Teaching Healing and Forgiveness: A Multi-Dimensional Approach.

John-Roger is an author, teacher and minister who wrote the book Forgiveness: The Key to the Kingdom.

The Rev. L. Gregory Jones is professor of theology and dean of Duke Divinity School in Durham, N.C. Among his books is Embodying Forgiveness: A Theological Analysis. An ordained United Methodist pastor, he is often quoted on the subjects of forgiveness and apology.

Richard L. Gorsuch is a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif. He wrote the article “The Development of a Scale to Measure Forgiveness” in the 2001 Journal of Psychology & Christianity. He has also done research on religion and prejudice, religion and substance abuse, and miracles.