Thomas R. McFaul received his PhD from Boston University. His teaching and scholarly interests include comparative religions, ethics, philosophy, science and religion, and futures studies. He has published seven books and many articles. His most recent book that he coauthored with Al Brunsting is God Is Here to Stay: Science, Evolution, and Belief in God (Wipf and Stock, 2014). He has taught a broad range of courses and has received two awards for outstanding teaching. Although retired, he continues to teach comparative religion courses at Collin College in Frisco, Texas, and ethics courses in the graduate liberal studies program at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Al Brunsting received his PhD from the University of New Mexico and completed his graduate work at the National Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. He is a highly accomplished optical physicist and engineer with a successful record of innovative advancements in optical, mechanical, and electric systems; systems and competitive analysis. He holds fifteen issued USA patents and more than fifty foreign issued patents. One of his patented optical designs was integrated into a home blood glucose monitor used by diabetics and has sold over 1.5 million instruments. As a result of this and other outstanding accomplishments, he was the winner of Bayer Corporation's award for distinguished technical achievement. He has also held the position of assistant professor of physics at Auburn University, where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses. He has given over forty presentations at professional society meetings.
