Avery Dulles, S.J. is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and currently the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University, a position he has held since 1988. He is an internationally known author and lecturer.

Dulles was raised Presbyterian but became agnostic. He converted to Catholicism in 1940, became a Jesuit in 1956, and was elevated to cardinal in 2001. He is one of few cardinals who is not also a bishop.