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Fr. Karl Rahner (1904-1984) was a German Jesuit priest and theologian who, alongside Henri de Lubac, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Yves Congar, is considered to be one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century. He was the brother of Hugo Rahner, also a Jesuit scholar. Before the Second Vatican Council, Rahner worked alongside Yves Congar, Henri de Lubac, and Marie-Dominique Chenu,...

Rev. Dr. P. Solomon Raj (1921-2019) was a pastor of Protestant Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society, headquartered in Guntur, India. He is known as a teacher, pastor, administrator, professor and as an artist. He is a graduate of AELC-Andhra Christian College, Guntur, India; UELCI-Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai, India; Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham, UK. As...

Rev. Dr. Victor Raj is Professor Emeritus of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. At his retirement, he was the Buehner–Duesenberg Professor of Missions, professor of Exegetical Theology, and assistant director of the Seminary's Institute for Mission Studies. He graduated from Concordia Seminary, Gurukul Lutheran Theological...

Rev. Dr. Mark Ralls is a district superintendent in the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. Before that, he was senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Hendersonville, NC; senior minister of Centenary United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem, NC; and of Asbury First United Methodist Church...

Sudarshan Ram is a musician based in northern India.

Sr. Elyse Ramirez serves as the director of formation for the Collaborative Dominican Novitiate in Chicago, where she facilitated the spiritual and professional growth of five novices from three Dominican congregations. She was coordinator of religious vocation ministry for the Archdiocese of Chicago, 2007-2014. After her profession of vows in 1985...

Rev. Rosa Cándida Ramírez is the Worship Pastor of La Fuente Ministries, an intercultural, intergenerational bilingual ministry in Pasadena, CA. (Source: worship.calvin.edu)

Dr. Johnny Ramírez-Johnson is Professor of Anthropology and Professor at the Centro Latino at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he teaches courses on Christian anthropology, cultural interpretation, and mission. He holds a B.A. from Antillean College in Puerto Rico, an M.A. in Hebrew Scriptures and Archaeology from Andrews University, and both...

Dr. Melissa Ramos is an associate professor of Hebrew Bible at Portland Seminary, an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA), writer, and artist. Her research includes blessings and curses, ancient ritual and liturgical practices, covenant and biblical law, ancient Northwest Semitic inscriptions, and gender. She is the author of two...

Michael Ramsden is the founder of The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. (Source: cslewisinstitute.org)