J. Warren Smith is professor of historical theology at Duke Divinity School, whose research focuses primarily on patristic theology. His several books include Ambrose, Augustine, and the Pursuit of Greatness (Cambridge, 2020), which traces the Christian critique, appropriation, and adaptation of the Aristotelian ideal of the Great-Souled or Magnanimous Man. 2010’s Christian Grace and Pagan Virtue: The Theological Foundation of Ambrose’s Ethics, published with Oxford University Press, examines how Ambrose's interpretation of Paul and his understanding of sin's corruption of human nature and of baptismal regeneration provides the condition for the Christian's cultivation of virtue. Passion and Paradise: Divine and Human Emotion in the Thought of Gregory of Nyssa (Crossroad, 2004) is a study of Nyssen’s ascetic theology as the intersection of his anthropology, soteriology, and eschatology. A central theme in these books is the connection between a theological understanding of human nature and the life that humanity is expected to live now in anticipation of life in the Resurrection. What does it mean to be made in the image of God? How does the risen and glorified Christ serve as a model for thinking about our transformation at the resurrection. Smith’s most recent book, entitled Early Christian Theology: A History, was published earlier this year with Eerdman’s, and traces the development of theology from the Apostolic era to the high-water mark of Byzantine thought with Maximos the Confessor.

Dr. Karl Johnson serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Along with his faculty appointment, Dr. Johnson works part-time at the Granville Vance Public Health department (located in Granville and Vance Counties), where he coordinates community-based work to address mental illness and substance use issues. Karl's practice, teaching, and research interests focus on building better relationships between academic public health and several different communities outside the public health ivory tower: religious communities, rural communities, public health practitioners, other academic programs within the university, and members of the legislature.

Dr. Steven G. Hall, P.E., joined NC State in 2016, where he is currently Professor and Director of the Marine Aquaculture Research Center (MARC) in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. He is a licensed engineer in New York and Louisiana, and holds additional academic appointments with the LSU College of Engineering, the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Au Sable Institute. He has a Ph.D. from Cornell University, with foci in instrumentation and control in biological systems and sustainable agriculture, an M.S. from University of California at Davis, focusing on energy and biosystems, and a B.S. from SUNY Buffalo in mechanical engineering. His teaching and research focus on aquacultural engineering, water quality, energy efficiency in aquaculture, modeling in aquaculture, use of autonomous devices to perform relevant environmental, aquacultural and other operations, artificial intelligence, technical, social, educational and ethical issues, economics and engineering, bioengineered reefs, and coastal restoration.

Elizabeth Byrum Linnartz, soprano, sings and teaches at Duke University. At Duke Divinity School she lectured in Theology classes on “Singing in the Kingdom,” taught a course on The Role of Music in Corporate Worship, presented a lecture/recital on Britten’s Holy Sonnets of John Donne with Jeremy Begbie and Richard Hays, soloed with two of her Divinity voice students in J.S. Bach’s Cantata 140, and twice organized a group of Duke singers to join choirs in Cambridge, England for the Easter at Kings festival through Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts. In Duke Music Department, Linnartz teaches voice and a Freshman Focus course on Thinking Through Music and the Arts. She has given many solo recitals and joint faculty performances. Highlights include a lecture/recital on Benjamin Britten’s Winter Words in the Rare Music Concert Series, solos in Stravinsky’s Les Noces with Duke Choral and Choral Society of Durham, and solos in Duke Chapel’s annual Messiah. She enjoyed singing the national anthem several times for Duke Men’s basketball.

Jeffrey P. Greenman (PhD, University of Virginia) is Research Professor of Theology and Ethics at Regent College. He served as Regent’s fifth President from 2015 to 2025, and as Academic Dean and Executive Vice President from 2013 to 2015. He is coauthor of Unwearied Praises: Exploring Christian Faith Through Classic Hymns and Understanding Jacques Ellul and the coeditor of numerous books including The Sermon on the Mount Through the Centuries, Reading Romans Through the Centuries: From the Early Church to Karl Barth, and The Decalogue Through the Centuries: From the Hebrew Scriptures to Benedict XIV.

Dr. Greenman is an experienced leader in evangelical theological education. Between 2005–2013, he served as Associate Dean of Biblical & Theological Studies and Professor of Christian Ethics at Wheaton College. Previously, he worked for nine years at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, where he held the R.J. Bernardo Family Chair of Leadership (2003–2005), served as Vice President & Academic Dean (1998–2003), and directed a Master of Theological Studies program (1996–1998). He met his wife Janet, a pediatrician, while they were fellow students at Regent. Together, they have two children, Emily and Andrew.

After 28 years as a tenured theology professor at Westmont College, Acadia Divinity College, and Carey Theological College, Rev. Dr. Jonathan R. Wilson recently retired as Senior Consultant for Theological Integration with Canadian Baptist Ministries, Senior Research Fellow at the International Baptist Theological Study Centre (Amsterdam), and Teaching Fellow, Regent College. In his role with CBM and IBTSC, Jonathan participated in theological education and leadership development on five continents.

He is the author or editor of more than 15 books. His most recent book is God’s Good World: Reclaiming the Doctrine of Creation. He is married to Soohwan Park, a native of South Korea, who has spent more than 20 years working with Christian mission agencies based in Bangladesh, Thailand, Israel, and Canada, most recently as Chair of the Board of A Rocha International.