Edward Farley is an emeritus professor of theology in the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University. He holds graduate degrees from Louisville Presbyterian Seminary and Union (NYC) and Columbia University. His general area of teaching and writing is philosophical and constructive theology, with special projects in continental philosophy (phenomenology), practical theology (education), and aesthetics. His books include Good and Evil: Interpreting a Human Condition and Deep Symbols: Their Postmodern Effacement and Reclamation.