Dr Stephen J McKinney is a senior lecturer in the School of Education in the University of Glasgow. He is the editor of: Faith Schools in the 21st Century (2008) and A Companion to Catholic Education (Franchi and McKinney, 2011). He has published over 35 articles, book chapters and research reports. John Sullivan is Professor of Christian Education, at Liverpool Hope University. He has published extensively. His most recent books are Learning the Language of Faith (2010) and Communicating Faith (2011). Prior to this he has published influential books such as Catholic Schools in Contention (2000), and Catholic Education: Distinctive and Inclusive (2001). He has also published 70+ articles and chapters in books (in the UK, Ireland, USA, Australia and Europe) on religion and education.

His next major writing project is a monograph provisionally entitled Scholarship, Standards & Spirituality.