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This petition campaign is a grass-roots effort, originating in America's communities of faith. It is based on the premise that science is not the adversary of religion, but on the contrary can help advance religion's ideals of compassion and healing. Endorsers
of this campaign agree with this premise and with the "People of
Faith" petition requesting that President Bush lift the federal funding
restriction on stem cell research. Endorsers speak in their own name only. Their
institutional affiliations are given only for the purpose of identification. Kecia Ali, Ph.D. in Religion, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Islamic Studies and Women's Studies,
Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham
MA Ellen T. Armour, Ph.D., R.A. Professor of Religious Studies, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Greta Austin, Assistant Professor (History of Christianity), Department of Religion, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA Reverend Donald L. Berry, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion, Colgate University, Hamilton NY
Wanda Warren Berry, Ph.D.,
Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Religion, Colgate University, Hamilton
NY
Kees W. Bolle, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, History, UCLA,
Los Angeles, CA; Cand. Theol., University of Leiden; Editor of the "Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religion"
Series
Rabbi Sharon Brous, founding Rabbi of the Ikar Community, Los Angeles CA John D. Caputo, Ph.D., Professor of Religion and Humanities,
Syracuse University, Syracuse NY Reverend J.W. Carroll, United Methodist Church, Mississippi Conference,
Tupelo MS Sharon L. Coggan, Ph.D., Director, Religious Studies Program, University of Colorado at Denver,
Denver CO Professor Aryeh Cohen, Ph.D., Chair, Rabbinics Department;
Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature, Monica A. Coleman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Religion,
Bennett College for Women, Greensboro NC; Ordained Elder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Steve Conrad, Ph.D. Student
in Religious Studies, Arizona State University, Phoenix AZ David R. Cook, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy,
Villanova University, Villanova PA; Board Member: American Catholic Philosophical
Quarterly and Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory; International Advisory Board of the Handbook for the Philosophy of Religion in the Twentieth Century Kirsti Copeland and Rabbi Mychal
Copeland, M.T.S., Rabbi/Senior Jewish Educator of Hillel at Stanford University,
Atherton CA Charles B. Cousar, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary,
Decatur GA Lorin L. Cranford, Th.D., Professor of Religion, Gardner-Webb University,
Boiling Springs NC Austin B. Creel, B.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Religion, University of Florida,
Gainesville FL Mark Y. A. Davies, M.Div., Ph.D., Dean and Associate Professor of Social Ethics,
Wimberly School of Religion and Graduate Theological Center, Oklahoma City University,
Oklahoma City OK Daniel G. Deffenbaugh, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy and
Religion, Hastings College, Hastings, NE Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Rector and Professor of Philosophy, University of
Judaism; Vice-Chair of the Conservative Movement's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards;
Los Angeles CA Bishop Sheldon Drucker, United Methodist Church, Fort Wayne IN Nancy J. Duff, Ph.D., Professor of Christian Ethics, Princeton Theological Seminary,
Princeton NJ Reverend Roy A. Eaton, United Methodist , Fort Wayne IN Terry H. Foreman, Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Associate Professor, English and Philosophy,
Emeritus, Coordinator of Religious Studies, 1975-2001, Murray State University, Murray,
KY
Reverend Dr. Allen M. Fluent, Area Conference Minister, Penn Central Conference, United Church of Christ, Lewisburg PA
James E. Gilman, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton VA Marc Gopin, Ph.D., Professor of World Religions; Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution
Director, Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution; Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University,
Arlington VA Norman Gottwald, M.Div., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, New York Theological Seminary, New York NY Rebecca Kneale Gould, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Religion and Affiliate
in Environmental Studies, MIddlebury College, Middlebury VT Jack A. Hill, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religion (Social Ethics), Texas Christian University, Fort
Worth TX Suzanne Holland, Ph.D.,
Associate Professsor of Religious and Social Ethics, Chair of the Department of
Religion, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA Revrend Wade P. Huie, Jr., Ph.D., Presbyterian Church USA; Professor Emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary,
Decatur GA David H. Jensen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Constructive Theology, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Austin TX Reverend Jay Emerson Johnson, M.Div., Ph.D. Visiting Professor of Theology, Pacific School of Religion;
Adjunct Faculty, The Church Divinity School of the Pacific; Associate Clergy, The Episcopal Church of the Good
Shepherd, Berkeley CA Reverend Shannon S. Johnston, Rector, All Saints' Episcopal
Church, Tupelo MS
Stephen M. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor of Religion Studies, Montclair State University,
Montclair NJ Richard Kalmin, Ph.D., Professor of Talmudics and Rabbinics, Jewish Theological Seminary
of America, New York NY Katharina von Kellenbach, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religious Studies;
Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Mary's College of Maryland,
St. Mary's City MD, St. Mary's City, MD
Anne C. Klein, Ph.D., Professor, Rice University, Department of Religious Studies,
Houston TX Rabbi Gail Labovitz, Assistant Professor of Rabbinics, University of Judaism,
Bel-Air, CA William R. LaFleur, Ph.D., Professor in Japanese Studies and
(formerly) in the Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
PA Rabbi Shira Lander, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of
Maryland, Baltimore MD; Baltimore County Clergy Advisory Board; Planned Parenthood Federation of America Reverend Steven W. Lawler, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Diocese of
Missouri, St. Louis MO Reverend Karen Lebacqz, Ph.D., Robert Gordon Sproul Professor Emeritus, Pacific
School of Religion, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley CA Catriona MacLeod, S.S.L., S.T.L., Ph.D., Professor of Religious Studies,
College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore Reverend Roanne C. MacEwan, member of the Justice and Peace Ministry Team of Penna Central Conference, United Church of Christ, Dover PA Rex D. Matthews, Th.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Historical Theology,
Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta GA Marshall L Meadors, Bishop in Residence, Candler School of Theology,
Emory University, Atlanta GA Reverend Linda Mercadante, M.C.S., Ph.D., Minister of Word and Sacrament, Presbyterian Church (USA);
Professor of Theology, The Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Delaware OH Steve Meyer, Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, formerly Chair of the Board of Lay Ministry; Co-Director,
Stem Cell Action Network, Chattanooga TN
Margret E. Mohrmann, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Medical Education,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
Ghada Osman, Ph.D., Director of Arabic Language Program, San
Diego State University, San Diego CA; author of "The Christians of Late Sixth and Early Seventh Century Mecca and
Medina" and other works on Christians in Arab countries Reverend Kenneth W Ottinger, DD, Director of Research, Life Exploration Institute,
Phoenix AZ; Reverend Dennis J. Parker, M.Div., Church Divinity School of the Pacific,
Berkeley CA; Interim Rector of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection,
Eugene Oregon Richard Peace, Ph.D., Professor of Evangelism and Spiritual Formation,
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena CA Richard Penaskovic, Ph.D., Professor of Religious Studies, Auburn
University, Auburn AL Greg Peterson, Ph.D., Academic Coordinator, Philosophy & Religion; Associate Professor of Philosophy & Religion, South Dakota State University,
Brookings SD Judith Plaskow, Ph.D., Professor of Religious Studies, Manhattan College,
Riverdale NY; Past President of the American Academy of Religion Gaile M. Pohlhaus, Ph.D., Coordinator of Annual Theology Institute,
Theology and Religious Studies Department, Villanova University, Villanova
PA Donald C. Polaski, Ph.D., Adjunct Instructor of Religious Studies, The College of William & Mary,
Williamsburg VA Kwok Pui-lan, Th.D., Professor of Christian Theology and Spirituality, Episcopal Divinity
School, Cambridge MA Thomas Pearson, Ph.D., Associate Director of the Wabash Center for
Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, Wabash College, Crawfordsville
IN Jennifer Rautman, Ph.D. (Iliff School of Theology), faculty, Albuquerque Academy,
Albuquerque NM Graham Reside, M.Div., Ph.D., Senior Consultant, Generative Consulting,
Atlanta GA; former Research Associate, University of Houston Coalition
Ministries and Congregations Study
Jeffrey L. Richey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Religion, Berea College, Berea KY
Mac Linscott Ricketts, Ph.D., Professor of Religion Emeritus, Louisburg College, United Methodist, Louisburg NC
Luis N. Rivera-Pagán, Ph.D., Professor of Ecumenics and
Mission, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton NJ Reverend Tarris D. Rosell, D.Min., Ph.D., Program Associate, Center for Practical Bioethics; Professor, Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Kansas Lynn Ross-Bryant, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder CO Reverend Dr. Roy H. Ryan, United Methodist Church, Tupelo MS Norbert M. Samuelson, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and Religious
Studies; Harold and Gene Grossman Rabbi Richard S. Sarason, Ph.D., Professor of Rabbinic Literature and Thought, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati OH Jonathan D. Sarna, Ph.D., Professor of American Jewish History, Department of Near Eastern & Judaic Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham MA A. Gregory Schneider, Ph.D. (Seventh-day Adventist), Professor of Religion and Social Science, Pacific Union College, Angwin CA Claudia Setzer, Ph.D., Professor of Religious Studies, Manhattan College, Roverdale NY George W. Shields, PhD, Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Division of Literature, Languages, and Philosophy, Kentucky State University, Frankfort KY; Coeditor of "Science, Technology, and Religious Ideas" Paul D. Simmons, Ph.D., Th.M., Baptist Minister; Clinical Professor, Dept. of Family & Geriatric Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville KY Reverend Michael L. Spezio, Ph.D., Presbyterian and Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA Lloyd Steffen, M.Div., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Religion Studies and University Chaplain, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA Douglas Sturm, Ph.D., Presidential Professor of Religion & Political Science Emeritus, Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA D. Dixon Sutherland, M.Div., ThM., Ph.D., Professor of Religious Studies, Stetson University, DeLand FL
Peter J. Thuesen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
IN Reverend Bill W. Travis, Bear Valley Community Church, Colleyville TX Cheryl A. Travis, Bear Valley Community Church, Colleyville TX
Rabbi Leo Trep, Ph.D., Formerly Professor of Evangelical Theology at the University of Mainz, Germany, where he currently teaches summer school; currently residing in San Rafael CA Theodore R. Weber, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta GA; United Methodist Minister, Louisiana Conference
Robert D. Webber, Ph.D., Professor of New Testament Emeritus, Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster PA Claude Welch, M.Div., Ph.D., Dean Emeritus and Professor of Historical Theology, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley CA Ann K. Wetherilt, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Emmanuel College, Boston MA Wesley J. Wildman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics, Boston University, Boston MA Peter W. Williams, Ph.D., Professor of Comparative Religion and American Studies, Miami University, Oxford OH Clark Williamson, Professor of Christian Thought, Emeritus, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis IN
James E. Will, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston IL Reverend Douglas Wingeier, Emeritus Professor of Practical Theology, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston IL; United Methodist Church, Waynesville NC John A. Wood, Ph.D., Professor of Religion, Baylor University, Waco TX Laurie Zoloth, Ph.D, Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics and of Religion, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago IL
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