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Kateryna Shadrina is a Ukranian artist and icon writer. (Source: iconart-gallery.com)

Ben Shahn (1898–1969) was an American artist renowned for his social realism and politically engaged works. Born in the Russian Empire and emigrating to the U.S. in 1906, he initially trained as a lithographer before pursuing art at City College and the National Academy of Design in New York. Shahn...

Alexander John Shaia is a psychologist, spiritual director, and liturgist, as well as an author, teacher, trainer, and keynote speaker. He attended the University of Notre Dame and received a degree in Cultural Anthropology. Next came a brief time in seminary followed by a Master's in Counseling Education, a Master's...

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a poet, dramatist, and actor often called the English national poet. He is considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time. (Source: britannica.com)

Dr. Pearl Shangkuan is editor with Hinshaw Music, professor emerita of music and director of choral activities at Calvin University, and serves as co-editor of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Choral Music Series with GIA Publications, Inc. She graduated from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ and Rutgers, the...

David Sharir, the son of Russian immigrants, was born in Israel. After studying art in Tel Aviv, Sharir went on to study architecture and theater design in Florence and Rome. The brightly-colored costumes and intricate stage designs he created for these productions have profoundly influenced his art. When Sharir moved...

Rev. Dr. Carolyn Sharp is professor of homiletics at Yale Divinity School, and is also the Homiletician in Residence for Year One of a grant project with Lexington Theological Seminary entitled "Compelling Preaching for a Climate-Changed World." She is the author, editor, or co-editor of eight books that reflect her research interests...

Dr. Scott Shauf is Professor of Religious Studies and Department Chair at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, NC. He is a graduate of Emory University, Duke University, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and University of Richmond. He has published three scholarly books (one on Jesus, two on the...

Luci Shaw (1928-2025) was an English writer and poet, and has lived in Canada, Australia and the U.S.A. She graduated Wheaton College, and became co-founder and later president of Harold Shaw Publishers. Since 1988, she was a Writer in Residence at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada. Shaw lectured in North America and abroad...