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Peter W. Marty is editor/publisher of The Christian Century magazine, a journal devoted to shaping America's conversation about religion and public life. He is a retired ELCA Lutheran pastor who speaks and preaches at conferences and churches across the country. Marty is a graduate of The Colorado College and Yale Divinity...

Dr. Martin E. Marty (1928-2025) was Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He was an alumnus of the Divinity School's PhD program (1956) and was a member of the faculty in History of Christianity for over...

Dr. Safwat Marzouk is associate professor of Old Testament at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA. He is an Egyptian Presbyterian whose research interests include thinking theologically about monsters in the Bible, Ancient Near East, and popular culture; Constructing the Other in the Old Testament; Middle Eastern Christian Hermeneutics; and...

Masaccio (1401-1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was a Florentine artist who is regarded as the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. According to Vasari, Masaccio was the best painter of his generation because of his skill at imitating nature, recreating lifelike figures and movements as well as a convincing...

Vicente Masip (1475-1545 in Valencia) was a Spanish painter of the Renaissance period.

Lowell Mason (1792-1872) was an American music director and banker who was a leading figure in 19th-century American church music. Lowell composed over 1,600 hymn tunes, many of which are often sung today. His best-known work includes an arrangement of "Joy to the World" and the tune Bethany, which sets the hymn text Nearer,...