Calvin DeWitt – Professor at the Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Founding Director, Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies, Co-founder, International Evangelical Environmental Network. DeWitt represents a clear and thoughtful evangelical Christian perspective on environmental ethics, emphasizing the primacy of scripture along with an emphasis on the physical and chemical provisions of life. Committed to a vibrant science and religion dialogue that includes both biblical wisdom and also the discoveries of modern science, he makes a special contribution to bridging the gap between religion and science.

Jean Bethke-Elshtain – Professor of Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago, School of Divinity; a political philosopher whose task has been to show the connections between our political and our ethical convictions. Formerly on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Vanderbilt University, she has been a visiting professor at Oberlin College, Yale University, and Harvard University.  A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she has authored 20 books including Just War against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World, Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy: A Life, and most recently, Who are We: Critical Reflections and Hopeful Possibilities.

David Lyle Jeffrey – Distinguished Professor of Literature and Humanities and former Provost, Baylor University. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he previously taught at the University of Ottawa and served as Chair of English both at the University of Victoria and the University of Ottawa; General Editor and co-author of A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. Other books include Rethinking the Future of the University, People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture, and most recently, Houses of the Interpreter: Reading Scripture, Reading Culture. Current research interests involve the relationship of biblical humanities to literary and artistic expression.

C. John Sommerville – Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Florida, where he taught early modern English cultural history. Beginning his academic career in the Stanford University Western Civilization Program, Sommerville became a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, a Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Center for the Study of World Religions, and was involved more recently with the Pew Younger Scholars’ Mentoring Program. He is the author of thirty-some articles and chapters as well as several books, including The Secularization of Early Modern England: From Religious Culture to Religious Faith, The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information, The Rise and Fall of Childhood, and most recently, The Decline of the Secular University.

Father Kevin Augustyn – Pastor of Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Center at the University of Colorado.  Father Augustyn previously served as the Parochial Vicar and Administrator at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Lakewood.  He is the founder and director of TOTUS TUUS of Denver, a summer catechetical program for youth.

Performers

Mark Jennings – Writer and performer for Face-to-Face Theatre Company of San Diego, CA; Coach for the local improv troupe, San Diego Theatresports. Mark hails from England and has performed in diverse settings—from London's House of Parliament to California's Venice Beach. He formerly traveled as a member of Rev. David Watson's UK-based worship and performing arts team. Mark has lately been seen performing frequently in the role of "Sir Arthur Dimworthy."

Hsing-ay Hsu – Pianist who has performed at such notable venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, and abroad in Asia and Europe. Especially interested in new music, she has given numerous world premieres and has been featured on several television and radio broadcasts.  Her solo CD from Pacific Records (China) has received critical acclaim, and she has been featured in Beijing’s Piano Artistry magazine. Hsu has won numerous awards and grants, including the prestigious Juilliard William Petschek Recital Award (2000) and the  McCrane Foundation Artist Grant (2003).  In 1995 she was named United States Presidential Scholar of the Arts and received a USA Gold Medallion from President Clinton at the White House. Hsu is co-founder of The Ambrosian Piano Trio, has served as visiting faculty at Ohio University and Quinnipiac University, has recorded for the Lorenz Corporation, and was featured at the 2002 Music Teachers National Association convention.