Emily Colgan is from Aotearoa New Zealand. She lives in T¿maki Makaurau (Auckland), under the shadow of ¿hinerua maunga (mountain) where Ng¿ti Wh¿tua-o-¿r¿kei are mana whenua (the tribal authority). She is acting principal and Ranston Lecturer in Biblical Studies (Hebrew Bible) at Trinity Methodist Theological College, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. She is the author of Jeremiah: An Earth Bible Commentary (forthcoming) and co-editor of the multi-volume work, Rape Culture, Gender Violence, and Religion (2018).

Brian Kolia is a lecturer in Old Testament studies at Malua Theological College and an ordained minister of the Congregational Christian Church, Samoa. He is an Australian-born Samoan whose roots go back to the villages of Sili Savaii and Satapuala. He holds a PhD from the University of Divinity and is author of Carrying Qoheleth's Maota (House): An Australian-Samoan Diasporic Reading (2024).

Michael Mawson is a P¿keh¿ (white) theologian who lives in T¿maki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand. He is the Maclaurin Goodfellow Associate Professor of Theological and Religious Studies at Waipapa Taumata Rau/ the University of Auckland, and also a research fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa. His recent books include Standing Under the Cross: Essays on Bonhoeffer's Theology (2023) and Unsettling Theologies: Memory, Identity and Place, co-edited with Brian Kolia (2024).