Curtiss Paul De Young is the Executive Director of Community Renewal Society, an historic civil rights organization in Chicago that addresses racial and economic injustice. He also served for many years as Professor of Reconciliation Studies at Bethel University in Saint Paul, MN. He has degrees from University of Saint Thomas, Howard University, and Anderson University. He is an author of several books, including Living Faith: How Faith Inspires Social Justice and Radical Reconciliation: Beyond Political Pietism and Christian Quietism.