Barbara R. Rossing is Professor of New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, where she has taught since 1994. She holds a doctorate in New Testament from Harvard Divinity School, an M. Div. from Yale Divinity School, and a B.A. from Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. Her research focuses on the biblical book of Revelation.

She is the author of The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation as well as The Choice Between Two Cities: Whore, Bride and Empire in the Apocalypse.

Noted author and New York Times bestseller
Anne Lamott is the author of six novels, and three best-selling works of nonfiction. Traveling Mercies, a collection of autobiographical essays on faith. Word by Word, Lamott’s biweekly online column in Salon, was voted “The Best of the Web” by Time magazine. She is the subject of the documentary “Bird by Bird with Annie” by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Mock.

Lamott’s recent novel Blue Shoe has been a New York Times bestseller. In March 2005, Riverhead will publish a collection of essays titled Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith. Lamott is a past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and she has taught at UC Davis, as well as at writing conferences across the country.
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