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Steve Angrisano is an internationally recognized Catholic composer, presenter, and passionate music missionary. He has traveled around the world for over two decades sharing his unique blend of humor, story and song. Steve has been featured at 10 World Youth Days, emceed three National Catholic Youth Conferences (2005, 2007, 2009)...

Roy Anker is a professor emeritus of English at Calvin University, where he taught film, literature, and writing for more than twenty-five years. In addition to teaching, he has served as a co-editor for Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought. He is the author of several books of film criticism,...

Anselm of Canterbury (1033/4–1109), also called Anselm of Aosta after his birthplace and Anselm of Bec (French: Anselme du Bec) after his monastery, was an Italian Benedictine monk, abbot, philosopher, and theologian of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. Beginning at Bec, Anselm composed dialogues and treatises with a rational and philosophical approach, which have sometimes caused him...

Rev. Stephanie Anthony is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), currently serving as senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Allentown, PA. She previously served at First Presbyterian Church in Lincoln, NE as an associate pastor, then at First Presbyterian Church in Hudson, WI as a solo pastor....

Aphrahat (c. 280–c. 345), venerated as Saint Aphrahat the Persian, was a third-century Syriac Christian author of Iranian descent from the Sasanian Empire, who composed a series of twenty-three expositions or homilies on points of Christian doctrine and practice. All his known works, the Demonstrations, come from later on in his life. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Dr. Diane Apostolos-Cappadona is Professor Emerita of Religious Art and Cultural History at Georgetown University. She earned a B.A. with Special Honors in Religion (1970) and an M.A. in Religion (1973) from The George Washington University, an M.A. in Religion and Culture from The Catholic University of America (1979), and a...

Rev. Anne H. K. Apple is a pastor in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and has served congregations in Tennessee and Florida. She is a graduate of Columbia Theological Seminary, University of South Alabama, and Rhodes College. (Source: linkedin.com)

Dr. Kathryn Applegate supports Development and Programs at BioLogos. With a Ph.D. in computational cell biology from Scripps Research in San Diego, CA, Kathryn combines scientific expertise with a deep passion for advancing conversations at the intersection of faith and science. As the organization's first Program Director, Kathryn played a pivotal role...

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), an Italian Dominican friar and priest, was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism. Among other things, he was a prominent proponent of natural theology and the father of Thomism, a school of thought encompassing both theology and philosophy. He has been...

Aradhna is a band that fuses traditional Indian devotional music (bhajans) with Christ-centered themes, composed primarily in the Hindi language, in addition to Nepali, Bihari, Bhojpuri and Braj Bhasha languages. The band members include Chris Hale (lead vocals, sitar), Peter Hicks (acoustic guitar, sitar) and Travis McAfee (bass). Tabla Player Jim Fiest regularly plays with the band. (Source: wikipedia.org)