REV. SR. AGATHA OGOCHUKWU CHIKELUE is a Nigerian Catholic Nun from the Congregation of Daughters of Mary Mother of Mercy (DMMM). She is the Secretary of the Interreligious Dialogue Office of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja and Co-Chair of the Women of Faith Peacebuilding Network (WOFPN). Sr. Agath...

Basmah Ahmed Jastaniah is a Saudi Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities with a specialization in Faith, Religions and Creeds. She is an active member of the University’s Social Committee and often gives lectures, trainings and speaks at conferences. She has also participated in...

Dr. Elizabeth (Liza) Lynn Anderson is an assistant professor of theology and religious studies at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN, where she teaches church history, ascetical theology and interreligious dialogue. She graduated from Swarthmore College with the highest honors in 2005 with...

Andrew (A.J.) Boyd is a Catholic minister and theologian specializing in ecumenism and interreligious dialogue who has taught in Rome for Pontifical, American, and British university and seminary programs, in theology, religious studies, and history. He currently serves as the Senior Programme Manag...

Committee Member, National Scouts Adult Resource Grace Michuki is a passionate youth leader and mental health advocate. She is member of the Scouts and a Dialogue forof Peace  Trainer  in Kenya. Currently she is pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies at St.Paul’s Universi...

Jessica Sitek is guided by the axiom: life is relationships. Barriers exist that obstruct our ability to be in relationship. Our biases, prejudgments, misunderstandings and lack of knowledge can impair our ability to connect with others. As a result, Ms. Sitek sees the principles of dialogue as a ne...

Rev Jose Nandhikkara CMI, a Carmelite Priest, is the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram and Head of the Department of Philosophy at Christ University, Bangalore. He also serves as Director of the Centre for the Study of World Religions and Chief Editor of the Journal of Dh...

Katende Abdul-Fattah from Uganda has been a lecturer in the Department of Religion and Peace Studies at Makerere University for the last 28 years. He offers lectures in the areas of Islamic Theology, Peace Studies and Inter-religious Dialogue. He is also the Coordinator of the Centre for Inter-cultu...

He worked as a lecturer at a number of academic institutions across the Middle East for over 13 years. As a well-published scholar and avid promoter of the moderate interpretation of Islam and proponent of dialogue, he has given lectures, presentations and speeches, has bee featured on radio and TV ...

Mohammed Issa Abu Nujila is a lecturer of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Benghazi and a member of the League of Libyan Ulema.  He is an Egyptian academic who holds a master’s degrees in science and Arab legitimacy. He has been teaching for 25 years, including 10 years at the...