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He is a PhD candidate in Joint Doctoral Program in Religious Studies at the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology. [**Brigid Burke**](/authors/brigid-burke/) teaches in classics and general humanities at Montclair State University in New Jersey. She holds a D.Litt. from Drew University. [**Derek Cook**](/authors/derek-cook/) is an instructor in political studies at Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia. [**Tad Delay**](/authors/tad-delay/) teaches philosophy and religion at Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colorado. He is the author of The Cynic & the Fool: The Unconscious in Theology & Politics (Wipf & Stock) and God Is Unconscious: Psychoanalysis & Theology (Wipf & Stock). [**Roger K. Green**](/authors/roger-k-green/) is a lecturer in English at The Metropolitan State University of Denver. He is the author of the forthcoming A Transatlantic Political Theology of Psychedelic Aesthetics (Palgrave Macmillan) and numerous short articles in Political Theology Today. He is general editor of The New Polis, where he writes monthly articles related to concerns that have come out of political theology. He is currently ABD in Joint Doctoral Program in Theology and Religious Studies at The University of Denver. [**Oleg Komkov**](/authors/oleg-komkov/) is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Moscow State University in the Russian Federation. He is the author of The Iconology of Culture and Image-Man-Word, both books published in Russian. [**Ole Jakob Løland**](/authors/ole-jakob-loland/) is a post-doctoral fellow in theology at the University of Oslo in Norway. He is also a Lutheran minister. [**Nate Koser**](/authors/nate-koser/) is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in Ohio, and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia. He has continued his clinical formation in Lacanian psychoanalysis by actively participating in advanced training with numerous groups both domestically and internationally for the past decade. [**Michael McAndrew**](/authors/michael-mcandrew/) is a psychiatrist in Roseville, California. He received his medical degree from University of Maryland School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. [**Trevor Pederson**](/authors/trevor-pederson/) is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Laramie, Wyoming. He is the author of The Economics of Libido (Routledge). [**Joshua Ramos**](/authors/joshua-ramos/) teaches at the University of Colorado, Denver. He has been a research fellow at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna and the European Union Institute in Florence, Italy. He holds a Ph.D. from the Joint Doctoral Program in Religious Studies at the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology. [**Alan J. Richard**](/authors/alan-j-richard/) is an Itinerant Ecclesiologist and Gardner at Realistic Living in Bonham, Texas. He is the former research director for the Center for Success and Independence in Houston. He has published over 34 cited scientific works in various journals, and holds a Ph.D. from Syracuse University. [**Vivek Swaroop Sharma**](/authors/vivek-swaroop-sharma/) is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at Pomona College. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Politics from New York University. [**James V. Spickard**](/authors/james-v-spickard/) is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Redlands. He is the author of Alternative Sociologies of Religion: Through Non-Western Eyes (NYU Press) and co-author of Religion Crossing Boundaries (Brill). © the author(s). 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