Stephen Bevans is a priest in the missionary congregation of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) and Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD Professor of Mission and Culture, Emeritus at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He is the author or editor of twenty-one books, among which are Models of Contextual Theology, An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective, and, with Roger P. Schroeder, Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today. From 2014 until 2022 he was a member of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.

Catherine E. Clifford is Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Saint Paul University, Ottawa. She holds a PhD (Theology) from the University of St Michael’s College, Toronto, and a Licentiate (STL) from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Her teaching, research, and publications are focused in the areas of ecclesiology, ecumenism, and the history of the Second Vatican Council.

Catherine’s recent publications include the collection, Vatican II at 60: Re-Energizing the Renewal (Orbis, 2024), and The Oxford Handbook on Vatican II, co-edited with Massimo Faggioli (Oxford, 2023). Catherine is a delegate from the North American region to the General Assembly of the International Synod: For a Synodal Church in Mission.

Robin Ryan, CP, Ph.D. is a Passionist priest who teaches Systematic Theology and serves as the Director of the Master of Arts in Theology Program at Catholic Theological Union. He received his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from The Catholic University of America. He is the author of numerous articles and recordings on theological and spiritual topics. He edited and contributed to the book Catholics on Call: Discerning a Life of Service in the Church (Liturgical Press, 2010) and co-edited with Stephen Bevans Priesthood in Religious Life: Searching for New Ways Forward (Liturgical Press, 2018). He is the author of God and the Mystery of Human Suffering: A Theological Conversation Across the Ages (Paulist Press, 2011), Jesus and Salvation: Soundings in the Christian Tradition and Contemporary Theology (Liturgical Press, 2015), and Gazing on His Face: A Christ-Centered Spirituality (Paulist Press, 2020). He is a contributor to and English-language editor of the Diccionario de la Pasión de Jesucristo (Madrid, San Pablo, 2015). And he is the author of the forthcoming book Life is Changed, Not Ended: An Introduction to Eschatology (Paulist Press, 2024).