About the Authors

Anne Guillard recently completed a postdoc position at the Institute of Ethics and Human Rights at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) funded by the Swiss National Research Foundation. With an interest in the rationalities of beliefs in liberal democratic societies, she holds a double PhD in Political Sciences—Political Theory (Sciences Po Paris, France) and Theology (University of Geneva). Her latest book is entitled Vers une éthique plurielle. Le théologique à l'appui du libéralisme (Towards a Pluralistic Ethics: A Theological Support for Liberalism, Cerf, 2024).Michael S. Hogue, a previous editor of the AJTP, is Professor of Theology, Ethics, and Philosophy of Religion at Meadville Lombard Theological School (Chicago, IL). The author of three monographs, including American Immanence: Democracy for an Uncertain World (Columbia, 2018), he co-authored his most recent book with Dean Phillip Bell, Interreligious Resilience: Interreligious Leadership for a Pluralist World (Bloomsbury, 2022). Hogue's current project develops the concept of “structural grief” to name and navigate the pervasive experience of loss in the Anthropocene.Renato Rancan earned his master's degree in Philosophical Sciences from the University of Padua, completing in 2024 a thesis on religious naturalism that was supervised by Professor Antonio M. Nunziante. His research interests include history, cultural theory, the philosophy of science with a focus on evolutionism, and the relationship between science and religion. He is currently developing new research on the role of science in contemporary ethical and social issues and preparing applications for a PhD in philosophy.