Marie A. Conn Ph. D. is professor of religious studies at Chestnut Hill College where she chairs the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy. Conn received her doctorate in theology from the University of Notre Dame. Her research interests include the underside (women's history) of Christianity bereavement social justice issues and biomedical ethical issues. Conn's books include Noble Daughters: Unheralded Women in Western Christianity 13th to 18th Centuries (Greenwood Press 2000) C. S. Lewis and Human Suffering: Light among the Shadows (Paulist Press 2008) and two previous books of essays co-edited with Therese McGuire for University Press of America. Thérèse McGuire SSJ Ph. D. is professor of art at Chestnut Hill College. She holds a doctorate in art from New York University. McGuire and Conn co-edited two previous books together Balancing the Scales and Not Etched in Stone. McGuire has had numerous papers published and has given presentations at many conferences both in the United States and abroad. Her dissertation involved an exploration of Hildegarde of Bingen; she is often invited to speak of some aspect of this extraordinary woman's life and work. . Language: English