Charles Taylor is a leading contemporary philosopher, author of the landmark books, Sources of the Self and A Secular Age,
and many other studies bridging political philosophy, history of ideas, the social sciences, and religious thought. Born into a
bilingual family in Montreal, he studied and taught at McGill University and Oxford, and later at Northwestern University.
His other books include Hegel, The Ethics of Authenticity, A Catholic Modernity, Varieties of Religion Today: William James Revisited and Modern Social Imaginaries, as well as several volumes of philosophical papers. Taylor has been active in Canada’s New Democratic Party, helped mobilize support for Czech and Slovak dissidents in the 1970s and ’80s, and recently co-chaired a
government commission on accommodating religious and ethnic differences in a secular Quebec. In 2007, he received the
Templeton Prize and in 2008 the Kyoto Prize, known as the “Japanese Nobel.”
John O’Malley, S.J., University Professor at Georgetown University, is a historian specializing in the religious culture of early modern
Europe. He is author of many articles and books, including, The First Jesuits, which received the Jacques Barzun Prize for Cultural
History from the American Philosophical Society, Trent and All That, and What Happened at Vatican II. He is also author of Four Cultures of the West, published like the other books by Harvard University Press. A past president of the American Catholic Historical
Association and of the Renaissance Society of America, he has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National
Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the American Philosophical Society. Father O’Malley
was honored with lifetime achievement awards from the Society for Italian Historical Studies in 2002, and the Renaissance Society
of America in 2005.
Michael Himes is the author of Fullness of Faith: The Public Significance of Theology (with Kenneth Himes, OFM), Doing the Truth in Love,
and Ongoing Incarnation: Johann Adam Mohler and the Beginnings of Modern Ecclesiology. He has edited or translated five other volumes
and written many articles and essays. A professor of theology at Boston College, he teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses,
including “Twilight of Belief,” “Golden Age of Atheism,” and “Theology and the Rise of Humanistic Atheism Part I: Slouching toward Feuerbach.”
He is a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn and received his Ph.D. in the history of Christianity from the University of Chicago. Well known as
a speaker, he has had lectures widely distributed in audio and video formats.
Christine Wiseman is Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Loyola University, Chicago. Before that, she served as Vice President for
Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Wiseman received her Juris Doctor degree (J.D.)
from Marquette University Law School, where she later served as Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Law School,
and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. Before entering the field of higher education, she was an Assistant Wisconsin Attorney
General and a federal district law clerk. A frequent guest speaker on education and legal issues, Wiseman has received many awards for
her leadership, teaching excellence and death row representation. She has published various articles, books and book chapters, and is
active in public service and other professional activities. Provost Wiseman and her husband William Wiseman, J.D., have three children.
