How Long, O Lord?

CHRISTOPHER J. H. WRIGHT is the global ambassador for Langham Partnership, having served as the international director for twenty years. He was formerly academic dean of All Nations Christian College, UK, after he taught at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, India. He has written several books that reflect his passion for bringing to life the relevance of the Old Testament to Christian mission and ethics. Chris and his wife, Liz, live in London, and have four adult children and eleven grandchildren.

TAKAMITSU MURAOKA was born in Hiroshima in 1938. He has a BA in English, an MA in linguistics from Tokyo Kyoiku University, and a PhD in Hebrew from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He was Professor of Hebrew at the Leiden University, The Netherlands, for more than ten years before retirement. Previously, he was Lecturer in Semitic Languages at Manchester University, UK, and Professor in Middle Eastern Studies, Melbourne University, Australia. In 2017, he was awarded the British Academy’s Burkitt Medal for Hebrew Bible studies, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the study of Hebrew grammar and syntax and the Septuagint.

ALVIN M. MOLITO completed his BA in Theology at the Philippine Missionary Institute and his MDiv in Biblical Studies at ATS. He works as a translator of the Philippine Bible Society, as visiting faculty of ATS and Penuel School of Theology, and as pastor of the Community Baptist Church in Las Piñas City.

SALIM J. MUNAYER is executive director and founder of Musalaha Ministry of Reconciliation, which has been bringing Israelis and Palestinians together since 1990 and creating a forum for reconciliation. Salim is a Palestinian-Israeli born in Lod, and received his BA from Tel Aviv University in History and Geography, his MA from Fuller Theological Seminary, and his PhD from the Oxford Center of Mission Studies, UK. He also did graduate studies in New Testament at Pepperdine University. He has published books on reconciliation, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Christians in Israel and the Palestinian Authority. His most recent work is Through My Enemy’s Eyes: Envisioning Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine (Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2014) co-authored with Lisa Loden. Salim served as academic dean and professor at Bethlehem Bible College from 1989 to 2008. He is adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

FERMIN P. MANALOD JR. is an Assistant Professor at the University of the Philippines College of Social Work and Community Development and Center for International Studies. He is a visiting faculty of the Transformational Urban Leadership program at Asian Theological Seminary.

JEREMY SIMONS previously worked in public schools and community-based restorative justice advocacy in Denver, Colorado. After this, he lived in Mindanao for nearly ten years, where he engaged government, civil society, church, and academe as a peacebuilding consultant. He has taught conflict transformation, restorative justice, and appreciative inquiry in universities and non-governmental organizations in the Philippines and across Asia. He also co-edited a publication on transitional justice for the Bangsamoro peace process and has essays published in a variety of news publications. He is currently in New Zealand conducting doctoral research on indigenous peace and restorative justice traditions.

JOHN STEWARD has post-graduate degrees in agriculture and divinity. His PhD is in soil science. He lectured in theology and rural development in Java, Indonesia for nine years, and then over 14 years he trained aid workers from 50 countries. From 1997 he mentored Rwandan peacemakers, before writing stories of some Rwandans who have found hope and change through truth-telling and healing. These testimonies are the Rwandans way of saying: ‘You can recover from terrible times, with courage and the help of God’s grace’.

ANNABEL MANAZILLA-MANALO (PhD), a licensed psychologist in clinical, counselling and assessment psychology, serves as the Associate Professor and Chair of the Counselling Department at the Asian Theological Seminary (ATS), Quezon City, Philippines. She also currently serves as the Director of the ATS Counselling Centre and heads the Disaster Response and Psychological Training Program. For the past twenty years Annabel has been involved with various NGOs providing psychological services to many different communities, including those displaced by armed conflicts and natural disasters, survivors of torture and enforced disappearance, families of victims of extrajudicial killings, and street children and youth at risk.

TRICIA MAZO is a licensed social worker with over twenty years of experience. She is a graduate of ATS with a degree in Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling. She worked as a social welfare specialist and program developer with the Department of Social Welfare and Development and was the program manager of the Institute in Basic Life Principles, a Christian ministry in Manila, where she journeyed with girls and boys who were abused, abandoned, and exploited. She is currently the Protection Specialist for Middle East Response of Tearfund UK.

RONALDO MAGPAYO is the pastor of Sumapa Christian Church in Malolos, Bulacan. He completed his MDiv in Biblical Studies at Asian Theological Seminary (ATS) and received his ThM in Theological Studies at Asia Graduate School of Theology, Philippines. He is a faculty member of Penuel School of Theology and a visiting professor of the Theology Department at ATS.

JOHN ROBERT RANCES received his BA from Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He is currently an MA Theology student at ATS and adjunct faculty at Penuel School of Theology. He is the Resident Pastor of Jesus Cares Church, a member of the Presbyterian Churches of the Philippines.

GLICERIO (JOJO) MANZANO JR., DMiss, served as a missionary in Nepal with International Nepal Fellowship before serving with OMF International as General Secretary of the Philippine Home Council of OMFI. He is a graduate of Laidlaw College, New Zealand; Australian College of Theology, Sydney; and Asia Graduate School of Theology (AGST), Philippines. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at Asian Theological Seminary Intercultural and Urban Studies Department, which he formerly chaired before he retired. He is also the Director of the Doctor of Intercultural Studies Program of AGST-Philippines.

CHRISTINE JOY N. MARTINEZ is the Translation Supervisor of the Philippine Bible Society, currently on study leave to finish her PhD in Biblical Theology at the Ateneo de Manila University’s Loyola School of Theology. She finished her MDiv in Biblical Studies with honors at Asian Theological Seminary and completed her undergraduate degree in Linguistics at the University of the Philippines, Diliman.

LEIZL S. OCAMPO is a copyeditor for the Philippine Bible Society. She completed her degree in Linguistics as Summa Cum Laude from the University of the Philippines, Diliman.