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Rachel Held Evans

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Rachel Held Evans was a New York Times best-selling author whose books include Faith Unraveled (2010) , A Year of Biblical Womanhood (2012) , and Searching for Sunday (2015) . Hailing from Dayton, Tennessee - home of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 - she wrote about faith, doubt and life in the Bible Belt. Rachel was featured in The Washington Post, The Guardian, Christianity Today, Slate, The Huffington Post, The CNN Belief Blog, and on NPR, The BBC, The Today Show, and The View. She kept a busy schedule speaking at churches, conferences, and colleges and universities around the country.

Kate Bowler

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Kate Bowler, PhD is a New York Times bestselling author, podcast host, and a professor at Duke University. She studies the cultural stories we tell ourselves about success, suffering, and whether (or not) we're capable of change. In her twenties, she became obsessed with writing the first history of the movement called the "prosperity gospel" - which promises that God will reward you with health and wealth if you have the right kind of faith. She researched and traveled across Canada and the United States interviewing megachurch leaders and televangelists and everyday believers about how they make...