Andrew M. Davis is a philosopher, theologian, and scholar of world religions. He holds degrees in philosophy/theology and interreligious studies, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in religion at Claremont School of Theology. His research interests include metaphysics and philosophical theology, philosophy of religion, natural theology, comparative religion, and applied spirituality, and his studies have led him to India, Israel-Palestine, and Europe. Davis was the recipient of Claremont School of Theology’s Award for Excellence in Biblical Studies in 2013, and was awarded a Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics in 2017.
Philip Clayton is a philosopher of religion and science whose work focuses on the intersection of science, ethics, and society. He currently holds the Ingraham Chair at Claremont School of Theology and serves as an affiliated faculty member at Claremont Graduate University, specializing in comparative theology and the philosophy of science, biology, and religion. He has served previously as dean of Claremont School of Theology and provost and senior vice president of Claremont Lincoln University, and he was the principal investigator for Science and the Spiritual Quest, an international program conducted by the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. Clayton is the author of several books, including Explanation from Physics to Theology, God and Contemporary Science, The Problem of God in Modern Thought, Mind and Emergence: From Quantum to Consciousness, and In Quest of Freedom: The Emergence of Spirit in the Natural World.
Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. He is the founder of the Chopra Foundation and cofounder of Jiyo.com and the Chopra Center for Wellbeing. TIME magazine has described him as “one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.” He is board certified in internal medicine, endocrinology and metabolism; a fellow of the American College of Physicians; a clinical professor in medicine at the University of California, San Diego; an adjunct professor at Kellogg School of Executive Management at Northwestern University; an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, Columbia University; and a professor of consciousness studies at Sofia University in Palo Alto, California. The World Post and The Huffington Post global internet survey ranked “Chopra #17 influential thinker in the world and #1 in Medicine.” In conjunction with his medical achievements, Dr. Chopra is recognized as a prolific author of more than 85 books, translated into over 43 languages; 25 of his books have achieved the status of New York Times Bestsellers. His latest national bestseller, The Healing Self, was coauthored with Dr. Rudolph Tanzi. Dr. Chopra is also a contributing columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Richard Rohr is a globally-recognized ecumenical teacher, bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennial Tradition. He is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) in Albuquerque. His teaching is grounded in the Franciscan alternative orthodoxy—practices of contemplation and self-emptying, expressing itself in radical compassion, particularly for the socially marginalized. He is academic dean of the Living School for Action and Contemplation and the author of numerous books, including Everything Belongs, Adam’s Return, The Naked Now, Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, Immortal Diamond, Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi, and The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation.
Dr. Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and the author of more than ninety technical papers and fourteen books, including Science Set Free. After studying at Cambridge and Harvard Universities, he worked in Hyderabad, India, as principal plant physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, and lived for two years in the Benedictine ashram of Father Bede Griffiths. From 2005 to 2010, he was director of the Perrott-Warrick Project for the study of unexplained human and animal abilities, funded by Trinity College, Cambridge.
He is currently a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences in Petaluma, California, and of Schumacher College in Dartington, Devon, UK. He lives in London with his wife Jill Purce, with whom he has two sons.
