Acknowledgments

This volume could not have come about without the support of many people. First, I want to thank the contributors, all of whom put in considerable time and effort to produce chapters that reflected their insights and expertise. I am also grateful for the advice of several colleagues in thinking out the design of this volume, and for offering their suggestions and support on many occasions: George Lopez, Thomas Pogge, Rachel Connelly, Alena Douhan, Nick Turner, Surya Subedi, and Michael Gross.

I particularly want to thank my publisher, Robert Dreesen. This project was more complicated (and considerably longer) than anticipated, and I am grateful for Robert’s support.

I am grateful as well to my research assistants at Loyola as well as others who contributed to the editing and production of this volume: Italo Alves, William Connelly, Ben Crispell, Dottie Jeffries, Lillianne John, Omar Khali, Paul Kobasa, Seyed Mousavian, Randy Newman, René Ramírez, Drew Thompson, and Naomi Williams. I am also grateful to the many friends and colleagues who have supported my intellectual and academic life in many regards over the years. I would like to recognize two in particular: Tom Regan, S.J., and Fran Jeffries.

I want to thank the anonymous reviewers for their very helpful comments on the volume as a whole; and I also thank the reviewers for the individual chapters for their time and expertise. I would furthermore like to thank Khashayar Kouchpeydeh for providing the cover photo for this volume.

I want to acknowledge the support of my university, Loyola University-Chicago. The resources afforded my chair, the Ignacio Ellacuría, S. J. Chair in Social Ethics, particularly research assistants and funding, were instrumental in making this volume possible.