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Dempsey Rosales-Acosta
Fr. Dempsey Rosales-Acosta is an adjunct professor of Biblical Theology and holds the Miller Endowed Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX. After graduating from the Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta en Maracaibo, Venezuela, he graduated from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, the Pontifical Biblicum...
Updated 04/13/2026
see moreEllie Roscher
Ellie Roscher is the author of several books, and her writing appears in the Baltimore Review, Eunoia Review, Inscape Magazine, Half and One, Mothering Spirit, Bearings and elsewhere. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and Luther Seminary. She founded and facilitates Plum Writing & Wellness, a supportive online community for...
Updated 03/23/2026
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Rev. Dr. Robert L. Rosin is Professor Emeritus of Historical Theology, having served 35 years at Concordia Seminary before retiring in 2016 as the Eugene E. and Nell S. Fincke Graduate Professor of Theology. A faculty member since 1981, he chaired the Department of Historical Theology, directed the Center for...
Updated 04/16/2026
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Toros Roslin (c. 1210–1270) was the most prominent Armenian manuscript illuminator in the High Middle Ages. Roslin introduced a wider range of narrative in his iconography based on his knowledge of western European art while continuing the conventions established by his predecessors. Roslin enriched Armenian manuscript painting by introducing new artistic themes such as the Incredulity of Thomas and Passage of the...
Updated 03/23/2026
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Dr. Artur Rosman is Editor-in-Chief of Church Life Journal and an Associate Research Professor at the McGrath Institute. Born in Warsaw, Poland, his family emigrated to the U.S. via a refugee camp in Italy. He earned his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Washington, focusing on The Catholic...
Updated 11/26/2025
see moreCosimo Rosselli
Cosimo Rosselli (1439–1507) was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento. He was active mainly in his birthplace of Florence, but also worked in the Sistine Chapel in Rome, where he painted some of the large frescoes on the side walls. (Source: wikipedia.org)
Updated 03/26/2026
see moreChristina Rossetti
Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember." She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Britain: "In the Bleak Midwinter," later set by Gustav Holst, Katherine Kennicott Davis, and Harold Darke, and "Love Came...
Updated 02/17/2026
see moreDante Gabriel Rossetti
Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (1828-1882) was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator, and member of the Rossetti family. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. His work also influenced the European Symbolists and was a major precursor of the Aesthetic movement. (Source...
Updated 02/23/2026
see moreBarbara Rossing
Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing is professor emeritus of New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. An avid environmentalist, Rossing is involved with environmental initiatives at the seminary. She is a graduate of Carleton College, Yale University Divinity School, and Harvard University. Ordained in 1982, she served as...
Updated 03/05/2026
see moreFrancis Rossow
Rev. Dr. Francis C. Rossow is a professor emeritus of Practical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO. He retired in 1997 after twenty-one years of distinguished service as professor of practical theology, also serving as the director of worship. He was ordained in 1948 at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church...
Updated 03/12/2026
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