Dr Jonathan Cole is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia. He has an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from the Australian National University and previously worked as a Senior Terrorism Analyst at the Office of National Assessments and as an Assistant Director at The Australian Signals Directorate. His research focuses on the intersection of religion and politics, with particular reference to Christianity and Islam. HIs forthcoming book (Wipf and Stock, 2019) is called Christian Political Theology in an Age of Discontent: Mediating Scripture, Doctrine, and Political Reality.
http://jonathancole.academia.edu/
Raymond Ibrahim is a widely published author, public speaker, and Middle East and Islam specialist. His most recent book debuted in 2018 called, “Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West”. He is also a fellow at the Middle East Forum.