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DANIEL F. EPPLEY, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Religion
	Ph.D. 2000 University of Iowa; Additional study in Religious Studies, Villanova University, (part time, 1991-3); M.S. 1990 Cornell University; B.A. 1988 Gustavus Adolphus College; Assistant/Associate Professor of Religion, McMurry University, 2000-7; Teaching Assistant: University of Iowa, 1994-7; Teaching Assistant: Cornell University, 1988-9.
CURTIS L. THOMPSON, Ph.D. Professor of Religion
	B.A., 1969, Concordia College, M.Div., 1974, Luther Theological Seminary; M.A., 1979, Ph.D., 1985, University of Chicago; Pastor, St. Paul American Lutheran Church, 1974-78; Researcher, 1982-83, University of Copenhagen; Assistant, Associate, and Professor, Thiel College, 1983-present.
DEREK R. NELSON, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Religion and Co-Director of Thiel Global Institute
	Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, 2006; M.Div., Yale University, 2002; A.B., Wabash College, 1999. Teaching Fellow at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (2002-05); Pacific School of Religion (2003); San Francisco Theological Seminary (2004-05); University of California, Berkeley (2003); Adjunct Faculty Member, San Francisco Theological Seminary (2006).