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Robert Schuller
September 16 1926 – April 2 2015 (Modern Era)
Robert Harold Schuller was born near Alton, Iowa in 1926. He was the youngest of five children in a family of Dutch immigrants and first generation Americans. He decided to be a pastor when he was five and a visiting uncle told him to become an evangelist....
Ronnie Floyd
1955 -
Ronald Wayne Floyd is an American religious leader, former pastor, and Southern Baptist executive. Ronnie was the Senior Pastor of Cross Church, formerly called First Baptist Springdale, a Southern Baptist megachurch in Arkansas, also serving as the 61st...
Rowan Williams
June 14 1950 - Present (Modern Era)
Rowan Douglas Williams was elected in late 2002. He served as Archbishop of Canterbury, Metropolitan of the Province of Canterbury and Primate of All England for 10 years. He was the first Archbishop of Canterbury to be appointed from outside the Church of...
Rumi
1207 - 1273 (Late Medieval)
A poet from the 13th century, Rumi’s influence if felt worldwide in multiple realms. He is one of the most beloved poets in both Persian-speaking areas and in the West. And his work popularized Sufism, a mystical form within Islam, throughout the...
Russell M. Nelson
September 9, 1924- Present (Modern Era)
Russell M. Nelson is a religious leader and the current president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Nelson completed undergraduate and medical school at the University of Utah. He later went on to earn a Ph.D. at the University...
Saint Óscar Romero
August 15 1917 – March 24 1980 (Modern Era)
Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez served as the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador. He was known for speaking out against poverty, social injustice, assasinations, torture and human rights violations espeically in his home country. He was assassinated while...
Sam Harris
April 9, 1967- Present (Modern Era)
Sam Harris was born in Los Angeles, California and is an author, philosopher, neuroscientist and podcast host. He is the son of actor Berkley Harris and TV producer Susan Harris. Harris received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in...
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
1947 - Present (Modern Era)
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was very involved in her Reform congregation as a child. She wanted to enter the rabbinate when she was 16, but the role had never been open to women. She joined the Reconstructionist...
Siddhartha Gautama
490 BCE - 410 BCE (The Ancient Era)
Siddhartha Gautama was born in a region near the India-Nepal border. Tradition holds that his father was a king, and he a prince, though this is disputed. Wanting desperately to protect his precious son from suffering, his father forbade Siddhartha from ever...
Sister Simone Campbell
October 22 1945 - Present (Modern Era)
Simone Campbell was born in Santa Monica, California and originally had the first name "Mary" in honor of her paternal grandmother. She was the oldest child in the family. She joined the Sisters of Social Service in 1964 and took her final vows almost a...
Søren Kierkegaard
May 5, 1813–November 11, 1855 (Great Awakening)
Kierkegaard was born to an affluent family in Copenhagen in 1813. He became obsessed with the idea of forgiveness as a younger man but came to focus on a wider range of Christian ethics and faith. His works highlighted the importance of personal choicea and...
St. Ambrose
339 A.D.-397 A.D.
Venerated as Saint Ambrose, Ambrose of Milan was the Bishop of Milan, a theologian, and a statesman. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promoting the Latin Church against Arianism and paganism. He left a substantial collection of...
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