Ted Peters is emeritus professor of systematic theology and ethics at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He is the author of God—The World’s Future: Systematic Theology for a New Era (third edition forthcoming with Fortress Press), as well as The Stem Cell Debate (Fortress Press, 2007). He coedited The Gift of Grace: The Future of Lutheran Theology (Fortress Press, 2004).