William T. Cavanaugh is professor of Catholic studies and director of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology at DePaul University in Chicago. He is the author of nine books, most recently The Uses of Idolatry (2024). He is also editor of seven books and co-editor of the journal Modern Theology. Dr. Cavanaugh’s work has been published in seventeen languages, and he has lectured on six continents.