About the Authors

Davidson Loehr is minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin, TX. He holds a M.A. and Ph. D. from the University of Chicago and is the only UU minister who is a member of the Jesus Seminar.

John Alexis (Lex) Crane is minister emeritus of the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, CA. He holds degrees from Starr King School for the Ministry and the University of California.

David Bumbaugh is Professor of Ministry at Meadville Lombard Theological School and minister emeritus of the Unitarian Church of Summit, NJ.

Manish Mishra is a Unitarian Universalist student at Harvard Divinity School and a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association's Commission on Appraisal. He received his B.Sc. from Georgetown University.

David Tarbell is a Unitarian Universalist minister and theologian retired from a 40-year career as a technical specialist in the aerospace industry. He holds a BS in physics and an MA in philosophy and has been an active member of Collegium, Association for Liberal Religious Studies, for about 20 years.

Jerome Stone is professor emeritus of philosophy of Harper College and adjunct professor at Meadville Lombard. The author of the book, The Minimalist Vision of Transcendence, he recently received fellowship as a minister with the Unitarian Universalist Assocation, giving him dual affiliation with the United Church of Christ and the UUA.