MAY 3, 2004

ELECTIONS
Presidential politics and the evangelical movement

IN THE NORTHEAST
• Alan Wolfe is director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass. He is the author of The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Live Our Faith (Free Press, 2003), a study that focuses heavily on the impact of evangelicals on American religious culture. Contact 617-552-1862, wolfe@bc.edu.
• Andrew J. Bacevich is a professor of international relations at Boston University and co-author of the Orbis magazine article "God Is Not Neutral: Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy after 9/11" (winter 2004). Contact 617-358-0194, bacevich@bu.edu.
• Elizabeth H. Prodromou is the other co-author of the Orbis article and studies international affairs at Boston University. Contact 617-358-1863, ehpk@bu.edu.

IN THE EAST
• Michael Cromartie heads the Evangelicals in Civic Life program at the Ethics & Public Policy Center in Washington. Contact 202-682-1200, crom@eppc.org.
• Ambassador Robert Seiple is a leader in the largely evangelical movement pressing for religious freedom and founder and head of the Institute for Global Engagement, based at Eastern University in St. David's, Pa. The IGE's periodical, the Brandywine Review of Faith & International Affairs, published an article describing evangelicals as the "newest internationalists." Contact 610-225-5678, rseiple@globalengage.org.
• Jim Wallis is a widely quoted Christian author and commentator and founder of Sojourners magazine, a periodical that tries to promote social change through Christian values. In 1995, Wallis helped found Call to Renewal, a national federation of churches, denominations, and faith-based organizations from across the theological and political spectrum working to overcome poverty. Contact through Sojourners in Washington, D.C., at 202-328-8842, sojourners@sojo.net.
• Randall Balmer is professor of religion in Barnard College at Columbia University in New York. He is the author of several books, including Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey Into the Evangelical Subculture in America (Oxford, 1989). Contact 212-854-3292, rb281@columbia.edu.

IN THE SOUTHEAST
• Stephen Chapman is a biblical scholar at Duke Divinity School. He has been critical of Bush's use of religious rhetoric on behalf of his military policies. Contact 919-660-3408, schapman@div.duke.edu.
• David Aikman is the author of A Man of Faith: The Spiritual Journey of George W. Bush (W Publishing Group, 2004) and founder of Gegrapha, an organization of Christian journalists based in Alexandria, Va. Contact through Diane Bryhn at 703-751-9095.
• Thomas Freiling is the editor of George W. Bush: On God and Country (Allegiance Press, 2004), a collection of Bush's sayings related to faith. Freiling, a former congressional staffer, is president and CEO of Xulon Press in Fairfax, Va. He has appeared on C-SPAN and other television and radio programs. Contact 703-934-4411.
• Laura R. Olson is political science professor at Clemson University in South Carolina. She is the co-editor of the book Christian Clergy in American Politics (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001). Contact 864-656-1457, laurao@clemson.edu.
• James Davison Hunter is a William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology and Religious studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He has written the book Evangelicalism: The Coming Generation (University of Chicago Press, 1987). Contact 434-924-6524, jdhunter@virginia.edu.

IN THE SOUTH
• Susan Pace Hamill is a professor at the University of Alabama Law School specializing in federal corporate tax law. Hamill prompted national headlines when she wrote that the Alabama tax code was the most regressive and harsh on the working poor of any in the country. That led her to write an article, "An Argument for Tax Reform Based on Judeo-Christian Ethics," which persuaded Alabama's Republican Gov. Bob Riley, a fellow evangelical, to propose a state constitutional amendment to redress the tax imbalance. The proposal failed in a 2003 vote, but the debate over evangelicalism and social justice remains. Hamill told her story in an April 2004 Sojourners magazine article. Contact 205-348-5931, shamill@law.ua.edu.
• Wilfred M. McClay holds the SunTrust Bank Chair of Excellence in Humanities at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and is a widely published author on issues related to religion in America. He is the author of the essay titled "The Soul of a Nation," printed in the spring 2004 issue of The Public Interest, which is dedicated to the current state of faith in America. Contact 423-755-5202, Bill-McClay@utc.edu or mcclay@mindspring.com.
• Allison Calhoun-Brown is associate professor of political science at Georgia State University. She specializes in religion and politics and African-American politics. Contact 404-651-4836, polacb@panther.gsu.edu.
• Dr. Kenneth J. Collins studies American Christianity at the Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky. He can comment on the evolution of evangelicalism in the United States. Contact 859-858-3581, ext. 2368 or 2213.

IN THE MIDWEST
• Mark Noll is a Carolyn and Fred McManis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill. He is co-founder of the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals and author of American Evangelical Christianity: An Introduction (Blackwell Publishers, 2000). Contact 630-752-5865, Mark.Noll@wheaton.edu.
• Corwin Smidt holds the Paul B. Henry Chair in Christianity and Politics at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., and serves as executive director of the Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics. He has written widely on the influence of evangelicals. Contact 616-526-6233, smid@calvin.edu.
• George M. Marsden is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. His areas of expertise include the history of fundamentalism and American religious and intellectual history. His books include Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism (Eerdmans, 1991) and Fundamentalism and American Culture: The Shaping of Twentieth-Century Evangelicalism (Oxford, 1980). Contact 574-631-7319, George.M.Marsden.1@nd.edu.
• Joel A. Carpenter is the provost of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. He also is the former Religion Officer for the Pew Charitable Trusts and former director of the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicalism. He has written numerous articles dealing with the history of fundamentalism and contemporary evangelicalism. Contact 616-957-6102, jcarpent@calvin.edu.

IN THE SOUTHWEST
• Clarke E. Cochran is a professor in the department of political science at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He is an expert on religion and politics in America. Contact 806-742-2987, Clarke.Cochran@ttu.edu.
• P. Kent Smith is a professor of missions at the graduate school of theology at Abilene Christian University in Texas, where he teaches a course on culture and evangelism in North America. Contact smith@bible.acu.edu.
• William Martin is a Harry and Hazel Chavanne Professor of Religion and Public Policy at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He wrote the article "With God on Their Side" for the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (winter/spring 2000), which looked at the impact of religion on American foreign policy. Contact 713-348-3481, wcm@rice.edu.
• Allen D. Hertzke is professor of political science and director of religious studies at the University of Oklahoma. He is co-author of Religion and Politics in America: Faith, Culture, and Strategic Choices (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001). Contact 405-325-6421, ahertzke@ou.edu.

IN THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• Richard J. Mouw is a well-known writer and commentator on evangelical Christianity and is president of the Fuller School of Theology in Pasadena, Calif., a leading evangelical institution. Contact 626-584-5201, rjmouw@fuller.edu.
• J.P Moreland is a philosophy professor at the evangelical Talbot School of Theology of Biola University in La Mirada, Calif. Contact 562-944-0351 ext. 5550, jp.moreland@biola.edu.
• Telford Work is assistant professor of theology at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, Calif. He has written frequently on evangelicals, including a February 2004 article in Christianity Today, and he maintains a personal web site. Contact 805-565-6199, work@westmont.edu.
• Chris Soper is a professor of political science at Pepperdine University in California and the author of Evangelical Christianity in the United States and Great Britain: Religious Beliefs, Political Choices (Macmillan and New York University Presses, 1994). Contact 310-506-4792, csoper@pepperdine.edu.