Dr. Ralph Wood

Ralph Winter is a Hollywood film producer who has worked on such films as The X-Men, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country, Inspector Gadget, and Left Behind among others. He studied as a history major at UC Berkeley. He has become a top Hollywood producer involved in numerous projects including short films, television, and feature films. He is currently a juror for the Damah Film Festival, a unique event focusing on spiritual experiences in film. He is also a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Dr. Thomas Hibbs is distinguished Professor of Ethics and Culture, Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. He has a Ph.D. (1987) from the University of Notre Dame, and a B.A. from the University of Dallas. Thomas Hibbs was previously Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Boston College. He has authored many scholarly articles, edited works of Aquinas and Augustine, and published two books on Aquinas, including, most recently, Virtue's Splendour. Dr. Hibbs has been on the program committee for the Metaphysical Society and on the program and executive committee of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. He is currently on the executive committee of the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. Hibbs also speaks and writes regularly on an array of topics in popular culture. He has published, Shows About Nothing: Nihilism in Popular Culture. He reviews books for The Weekly Standard and writes about film and culture for National Review Online. He is interviewed regularly on radio, including on numerous NPR stations, and writes occasionally for The Chronicle of Higher Education. Hibbs has a book forthcoming on "Philosophy and Film Noir" and plans to write a book on the thought of Pascal.

Dr. Micheal Foley is a professor of philosophy and theology at Baylor University. He specializes in the political, philosophical, and theological thought of St. Augustine of Hippo; however he also pursues such subjects as early and medieval Christian theology, classical and modern political philosophy, and liturgical studies. He holds undergraduate degrees in political science and religious studies from Santa Clara University, and both his M.A. and his Ph.D are in systematic theology from Boston College. The societies to which he devotes time include the North American Patristics Society, and the Society of Catholic Liturgy. His published works include Sigrid Undset’s Catholic Fiction (Sapientia Press), and Why Do Catholics Eat Fish on Friday? The Catholic Origin to Just About Everything (2005), and is also several translations and commentaries on the works of St. Augustine. One of his current projects is co-editing An Anthology of Early Christian Writing: 100-600, with Gonzaga professor Douglas Kries.

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