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Ibrahim Abraham is a research assistant and case worker in the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology at Monash University, Australia. His work explores the intersections of religion, law and culture. Alice Bach is Archbishop Hallinan Chair of Catholic Studies at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. ‘My main scholarly interests parallel and reflect my amateur pleasures: watching the media, film, and politics hammer out startling versions of religion, while the religious hammer away at the media, filmmakers, and politicians.’ She is the author of Women. Seduction and Betrayal in Biblical Narrative (1997) and Religion, Politics, Media in the Broadband Era (2004). Andrew Ballantyne practised as an architect, and then moved into academic work. He has held research and teaching posts at the universities of Sheffield, Bath, and Newcastle, where he is now Professor of Architecture. Among his publications are Architecture, Landscape and Liberty (1997), Architecture: A Very Short Introduction (2002) and Architecture Theory: A Reader in Philosophy and Culture (2005). Roland Boer is Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology at Monash University, Australia. Among his many publications are Knockin' on Heaven's Door. The Bible and Popular Culture (1999), Last Stop Before Antarctica: The Bible and Postcolonialism in Australia ... log in or subscribe to read full text