Ewert H. Cousins, Professor Emeritus at Fordham University, the chief editorial consultant for the 100 volume Paulist Press series, The Classics of Western Spirituality and was also General Editor of the 25-volume series, World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest. He was the author of Christ of the 21st Century, and Bonaventure and the Coincidence of Opposites. He was also a Member of the Advisory Board, Monastic Interreligious Dialogue, Co-Convenor, Commission on World Spirituality, and was Consultant to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, 1973-1984. Mr. Cousins died in 2009.