Contributors

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  Cameron McAllister

  Director of Apologetics, CSLI
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Cameron McAllister
Director of Apologetics, CSLICameron McAllister is Director of Apologetics for the C.S. Lewis Institute. He cofounded Thinking Out Loud, where he’s a speaker, writer and one half of the Thinking Out Loud podcast, a weekly podcast about current events and Christian hope. He and his father co-authored Faith That Lasts: A Father and Son on Cultivating Lifelong Belief. A staff writer with Christ & Pop Culture, Cameron’s writing has appeared in Christianity Today, Relevant Magazine, Think Christian, and Fathom Magazine. He holds a master’s degree in apologetics from Houston Baptist University. Cameron and his wife Heather live in the Atlanta area with their two children. Support the ministry of Cameron with CSLI.  
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  Thiago M. Silva

  City Director, CSLI Lake Charles
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Thiago M. Silva
City Director, CSLI Lake Charles
Thiago M. Silva, D.Min., is the City Director for the C. S. Lewis Institute Lake Charles. He has been the pastor of Bethel Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Lake Charles, Louisiana, since August 2022. He earned his Th.M. in Systematic Theology from Calvin Theological Seminary (2016) and completed his doctoral studies at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (2024). He’s authored several articles and books including Discipleship in a Post-Christian Age: With a Little Help from C. S. Lewis (Wipf & Stock, 2025). Thiago’s God-given vocation is to equip people to live as Christians in every sphere of life through teaching and preaching.
 
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  Maryam Rostampour-Keller

  Author
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Maryam Rostampour-Keller
Author
Maryam Rostampour-Keller was born into a Muslim family in Iran. After becoming a Christian in her teens, she studied theology in Turkey. Her story of how Maryam and her friend, Marziyeh Amirizadehis, were imprisoned for their faith and sentenced to death in Iran is told in the book, Captive in Iran: A Remarkable True Story of Hope and Triumph Amid the Horror of Tehran’s Brutal Evin Prison. Maryam has a B.S. and M.S. in International Affairs from Georgia Institute of Technology.
 
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  Christopher L. Reese

  Writer and Editor
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Christopher L. Reese
Writer and Editor
Christopher Reese (MDiv, ThM) is an accomplished writer, editor, and journalist. He is the founder and editor of The Worldview Bulletin and a general editor of the Dictionary of Christianity and Science (Zondervan, 2017) and Three Views on Christianity and Science (Zondervan, 2021). His work has appeared in Christianity Today, Bible Gateway, Beliefnet, Summit Ministries, and other sites. Christopher got his undergraduate degree in English and History from Jacksonville State. He then obtained his MDiv from Beeson Divinity School and his ThM from Talbot School of Theology.
 
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  Rebecca DeYoung

  Professor
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Rebecca DeYoung
Professor
Rebecca DeYoung (Ph.D.) has enjoyed teaching ethics and the history of ancient and medieval philosophy at Calvin College for over 20 years. Her research focuses on the seven deadly sins, and virtue ethics, as well as Thomas Aquinas’s work on the virtues. Her books include Glittering Vices, Vainglory, and a co-authored volume entitled Aquinas’s Ethics. Recent essays about vices and virtues—appear in Virtues and Their Vices, Being Good, and Cambridge Critical Guide to Aquinas’s De Malo, and the journals Res Philosophica, ACPQ, the Thomist, and Faith and Philosophy. Awards for her work include the Book and Essay Prize from the Character Project and the C.S. Lewis prize for Glittering Vices. She speaks widely, including opportunities to teach in prison.
 
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  Alycia Wood

  Apologist and Teacher
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Alycia Wood
Apologist and Teacher
Alycia Wood has been an apologist for over twelve years and currently works with Apologetics, Inc. where she is a speaker, writer and podcaster. Her podcast, “Hey Alycia!” aims to help the seeker make sense of Christianity by engaging with tough questions that pose a stumbling block. She has spoken around the world in a range of venues— including Universities, colleges, conferences and churches. Alycia holds an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology and a Master’s degree in Social Justice. She has written on the topic of Transgenderism in the book, Truth: Lectures from the 2025 Defend Apologetics Conference (Deward publishing, 2025) and on the topic of Intersex at apologetics.org