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Rev. Colin Chapman Colin Chapman was born in India and brought up in Scotland. After studying at St.Andrews University in Scotland, in London and Cambridge, he was ordained in the Episcopal (Anglican) Church in Scotland and worked in Edinburgh for three years. He worked for five years in Egypt at the Anglican Cathedral and at the Coptic Evangelical Seminary in Cairo (1968-'73), and for eight years was based in Beirut with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (1975-83). Since 1999 he has been lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Near East School of Theology. In the UK he taught the Study of Mission and the Study of Religion at Trinity College, Bristol (1983-90) and was Principal of Crowther Hall, the Church Mission Society Training College at Selly Oak, Birmingham (1990-97). He was involved in setting up the 'Faith to Faith' Consultancy (1997-99). He is the author of 'Christianity on Trial', 'The Case for Christianity', 'Whose Promised Land?' and 'Shadows of the Supernatural: A Guide to Popular Religion' (Lion Publishing), 'Cross and Crescent: Responding to the Challenge of Islam' (Inter-varsity Press) and 'Islam and the West: conflict, co-existence or conversion?' (Paternoster). He is married to Anne who worked as a nurse in Jordan before their marriage and is now a trained counsellor, and they have three children all in their twenties.
Dr. Richard Cahill Richard Cahill was born in Hollywood California and lived in Oregon and California as a child. One of four brothers, Richard grew up as the son of Robert D. Cahill who was a pastor and Biblical scholar. Richard attended Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California where he completed a BA in History. Prior to graduating from Westmont College, Richard spent thirteen month traveling throughout Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and East Africa. He also spent a year studying history, Hebrew and theology at the University of Marburg, Germany. Richard Cahill obtained his Masters of Arts in History from the University of California in Santa Barbara. He spent time in Yemen, Jordan, Turkey and Egypt, learning language and visiting various philanthropic works. In 1991/92 Richard received the Paul Harris Graduate Fellowship to study Arabic in Cairo at the American University in Cairo. He also was awarded the prestigious CASA fellowship for Arabic studies. For Westmont College he taught Islamic History for in the fall of 1992 and "Europe Semester" (including 4 weeks in the Middle East) in the fall of 1993. In a doctoral program at UCSB, Richard prepared both European and Middle Eastern fields. In 1994 Richard received a graduate fellowship from the Institute for European Historical Studies, in Mainz Germany where he completed most of his research which lead both his PhD thesis and his first book: Philipp of Hesse and the Reformation. Richard taught full-time in the History Department of Westmont College in 1995 and 1996. Then he was appointed director of the Middle East Studies Program, (MESP) (www.mesp.bestsemester.com) Cairo, Egypt. He lived and taught in Egypt for six years. Since fall 2002, Richard has worked as Associate Professor of History and Associate Director of Off Campus Programs for Westmont College (www.westmont.edu). Richard has studied the Arab-Israeli conflict in depth and has traveled intensively and led study tours in Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. He has been able to establish personal contacts with politicians, human rights advocates, humanitarian workers, academics and others from a great variety of political perspectives. In the summer of 2002 he was appointed Senior Advisor for Americans for a Just Peace in the Middle East (www.AJPME.org). He is fluent in Arabic and German. He and his three daughters, Leila, Miriam and Amina, now live in Santa Barbara California.
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