JUNE 14, 2004

GOVERNMENT
Pulpit politics: new challenges

STATE BY STATE
• The IRS lists media contacts nationally and by state.

IN THE NORTHEAST
• Alan Wolfe is a professor of political science at Boston College and director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life. Contact 617-552-1862 or 617-552-4160, alan.wolfe.1@bc.edu.
• Thomas O'Connor is the dean of historians at Boston College. He has studied the history of Catholic Church leaders and American politics. Contact 617-552-3385 or 617-552-4788, thomas.oconnor.1@bc.edu.
• Anthony Corrado is an associate professor of government at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. He is an expert on religion and politics. Contact 207-872-3556, ajcorrad@colby.edu.
• George H. Moyser is a professor at the University of Vermont in Burlington. He edited the book Politics and Religion in the Modern World (Routledge, 1991). Contact 802-656-4217, gmoyser@zoo.uvm.edu.

IN THE EAST
• The Rev. Floyd Flake is a former Democratic congressman from New York and pastor of the 15,000-member Greater Allen Cathedral of New York in Jamaica, Queens. When Flake's introduction of Vice President Gore during a 2000 visit to the church was considered a campaign endorsement, the IRS asked Flake to sign a document promising to quit using his pulpit for politics or the church would lose its tax-exempt status. Contact 718-206-4600.
• Ronald B. Sobel is senior rabbi emeritus of Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York and on the advisory board of the Becket Fund, a law firm that takes on religious liberty cases. Contact 212-744-1400.
• John K. White is a political science professor at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He wrote The Values Divide: American Politics and Culture in Transition (Chatham House Publishers, 2002). Contact 202-319-6136, white@cua.edu.
• Benjamin Ginsberg is a political science professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He wrote the chapter "Identity and Politics: Dilemmas of Jewish Leadership in America" for the book Jews in American Politics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001). Contact 410-516-5568, bgin@jhu.edu.
• Kent Greenawalt is a professor at Columbia University School of Law in New York City and author of Religious Convictions and Political Choice (Oxford University Press, 1991). Contact 212-854-2637, kgreen@law.columbia.edu.
• Omar T. Mohammedi is the New York City commissioner on human rights, appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in October 2002. Although Mohammedi specializes in civil rights issues, he has also discussed the role of American Muslims in politics. Contact 212-725-3846, info@otmlaw.com.
• Sidique Wai is president of the United African Congress, based in New York City. He ran for the New York City Council in 2001. Last year, he participated in a forum on Muslim involvement in American politics at an event co-sponsored by the Interfaith Center of New York and the Imams Council of New York. Contact 212-685-2848.
• Scott C. Keeter is associate director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press in Washington, D.C. He co-wrote the book The Diminishing Divide: Religion's Changing Role in American Politics (The Brookings Institution, 2000). Contact 202-293-3126 ext. 16, keeters@people-press.org.
• Ronald Walters is director of the African-American Leadership Institute at the University of Maryland and is a frequently cited analyst on African-American politics. He wrote African-American Leadership (SUNY Press, 1999). Contact 301-405-1787, rwalters@academy.umd.edu.

IN THE SOUTHEAST
• Michael J. Perry holds the University Distinguished Chair in Law at Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, N.C. His books include Religion, Politics and Nonestablishment (Cambridge University Press, 2003) and Religion in Politics: Constitutional and Moral Perspectives (Oxford University Press, 1997). Contact 336-758-5457, perrymj@law.wfu.edu.
• Allison Calhoun-Brown is an associate professor of political science at Georgia State University in Atlanta. She wrote the article "This Side of Jordan: Black Churches and Partisan Political Attitudes" for the journal Understanding Public Opinion. Contact 404-651-3152, polacb@panther.gsu.edu.
• Walter E. Fluker is director of the Leadership Center at Morehouse College in Atlanta, and also teaches philosophy and religion. He has written extensively on the black church, leadership and public life. Contact 404-614-8565.

IN THE SOUTH
• David M. Smolin is a professor at Samford University, Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Ala. He has written about the relationship between religion and American politics. Contact 205-726-2418, dmsmolin@samford.edu.
• Geoffrey Layman is an assistant professor of political science at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., with expertise in religion and politics. He wrote The Great Divide: Religious and Cultural Conflict in American Party Politics (Columbia University Press, 2001). Contact 615-322-6240, geoff.layman@vanderbilt.edu.
• Dr. John M. Bruce is an associate professor of political science at the University of Mississippi who specializes in politics and religion. Contact 662-915-7218, jbruce@olemiss.edu.
• David P. Gushee is a senior fellow at the Center for Christian Leadership at Union University in Jackson, Tenn., and is frequently cited on Christian obligations in politics. Contact 731-661-5024, dgushee@uu.edu.
• Paul J. Weber is a professor at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. He wrote the entry "Theocracy" for the Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion (CQ Press, 1998). Contact 502-852-3305, paulweber@louisville.edu.

IN THE MIDWEST
• The Rev. Marvin A. McMickle, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland and author of From Pulpit to Politics: Reflections on the Separation of Church and State, has run for office. Contact 216-421-1516, MarvinMcK48@aol.com.
• Paul A. Djupe is a political science professor at Denison University in Ohio who heads the Religion and Politics Organized Section of the American Political Science Association. He also wrote the article "Religious Brand Loyalty and Political Loyalties" for the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Contact djupe@denison.edu, 740-587-6310.
• Robert Booth Fowler is a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He co-wrote the book Religion and Politics in America: Faith, Culture and Strategic Choices (Westview Press, 1999). Contact 618-262-9067, fowler@polisci.wisc.edu.
• Corwin E. Smidt is a political science professor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. He edited the book In God We Trust? Religion & American Political Life (Baker Book House, 2001). The book looks at the important role religion has historically played and the influence it continues to have on American civil life and politics. Contact 616-957-6233, smid@calvin.edu.
• Rowland Sherrill is a professor at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. He studies religion and public life. Contact 317-274-7394, sherril@iupui.edu.

IN THE SOUTHWEST
• James Matthew Wilson is a professor of political science at Southern Methodist University in Dallas who specializes in Catholics and politics. Contact 214-768-4054, jmwilson@mail.smu.edu.
• Leslie Griffin is a legal ethics professor at the University of Houston Law Center. She studies the relationship between law and religion and co-edited the book The Catholic Church, Morality and Politics (Paulist Press, 2001). Contact 713-743-1543, lgriffin@central.uh.edu.
• Richard L. Wood is an associate professor at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He wrote the book Faith in Action: Religion, Race and Democratic Organizing in America (University of Chicago Press, 2002). Contact 505-277-3945, rlwood@unm.edu.
• The Rev. Terry Brennan of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in northern New Mexico endorsed Republican John Sanchez for governor because of his anti-abortion views. Read an Oct. 31, 2002, Associated Press story posted by the First Amendment Center.

IN THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• Gerard Heather is a professor of political science at San Francisco State University who studies religion and politics. Contact 415-338-1019, gh@sfsu.edu.
• David L. Weeks is dean of the college of arts and sciences at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, Calif. He wrote the article "The Uneasy Politics of Modern Evangelicalism" for the journal Christian Scholar's Review. Contact 626-815-6000 ext. 3500, DWeeks@apu.edu.
• John G. West Jr. is associate professor at Seattle Pacific University in Washington. He wrote the article "The Perils and Promise of Christians in Politics" for the journal On Principle. Contact 206-281-2162, jwest@spu.edu.
• Anthony Battaglia is a professor at California State University, Long Beach. He wrote the article "Renewing Religion and Politics in America: Recent Proposals" for the Journal of Religious Studies. Contact 310-985-5341, battagli@csulb.edu.