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Ruth Naomi Floyd
Ruth Naomi Floyd is a vocalist and composer working within sacred jazz expression. She has been at the forefront of creating vocal jazz settings that express theology and justice for over 25 years. She has recorded and performed with such notable instrumentalists as James Newton, James Weidman, Gary Thomas, John Patitucci,...
Updated 03/25/2026
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Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas is The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and College of Arts and Sciences. She is also Executive Director of both the Society of Christian Ethics (SCE) and the nationally-acclaimed Black Religious Scholars Group (BRSG) and serves...
Updated 03/09/2026
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Dr. Juan Floyd-Thomas is Associate Professor of African American Religious History at Vanderbilt University. His teaching and research interests as a religious historian focus on race, ethnicity, and religious pluralism within the modern United States; the history of new / alternative religious movements; the varieties of African American religious experience;...
Updated 03/12/2026
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Sr. Kathy Flynn is a member of the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters ministering in Racine, WI. (Source and photo: word.op.org)
Updated 02/26/2026
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Fr. John Foley has been a member of the Society of Jesus for 60 years and an ordained priest for 50 years. He currently serves as editor-in-chief of the Saint Louis University Sunday Web Site and works as a liturgical and classical composer, theologian, liturgist, and writer. For more than 40...
Updated 02/16/2026
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Fr. Edward Foley is a Roman Catholic priest and member of the Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order. The Duns Scotus Professor Emeritus of Spirituality and Retired Professor of Liturgy and Music at Catholic Theological Union, he was the founding director of the Ecumenical Doctor of Ministry degree...
Updated 02/16/2026
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Rev. Fr. Con Foley is a priest of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. He is parish priest of Christ the Prince of Peace, Weybridge, Surrey and teaches homiletics and St. John's Seminary, Wonersh. He trained as an accountant before entering the seminary at Wonersh in 1994. He received a...
Updated 02/26/2026
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Rev. Motoe Yamada Foor is the Director of Adult Discipleship at Discipleship Ministries. She previously served as the Senior Pastor at Sacramento Japanese United Methodist Church in Sacramento, CA. She graduated from University of Toledo, Michigan State University, and Pacific School of Religion/Graduate Theological Union. Foor has a wealth of...
Updated 02/25/2026
see moreJames A. Forbes
Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr. is Senior Minister Emeritus of The Riverside Church in New York City, where he became the first African American to lead the prominent interdenominational congregation, serving for 18 years. He earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Howard University, a Master of Divinity from Union...
Updated 04/06/2026
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