IN
THE NORTHEAST
• Samuel J.
Abrams is a research fellow at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science
at Harvard University and co-author with Morris P. Fiorina and Jeremy C. Pope
of Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America. Abrams argues that voters
have not grown more conservative but that religious organizations have become
better at organization and capturing attention and influence. The Republicans
have tapped into this growth, while the Democrats, lacking a clear plan, have
not, he says. Contact sabrams@fas.harvard.edu.
• George
J. Annas is professor and chairman of the department of health law, bioethics
and human rights at the Boston University School of Public Health and an expert
on abortion policy, embryo research, stem cells and end-of-life research. Contact
617-638-4626, annasgj@bu.edu.
• Jack
M. Balkin is Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment
at Yale Law School and an expert on abortion policy and on the First Amendment,
which includes the religion clause. Contact 203-432-1620, jack.balkin@yale.edu.
• Walton
Brown Foster is a political science professor at Central Connecticut State
University in New Britain, where she teaches a course on religion and politics.
Contact 860-832-2961, brownw@ccsu.edu.
• Bryan
Hehir is the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion
and Public Life at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard
University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is an expert on religion
and American society. Contact 617-384-7776, bryan_hehir@ksg.harvard.edu.
• The
Rev. David
Hollenbach is Margaret O’Brien Flatley Professor of Catholic Theology at
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass. He specializes in Christian ethics and
can speak about how Catholics translate their beliefs into political action.
Books he has written include The Global Face of Public Faith: Politics,
Human Rights and Christian Ethics. Contact 617-552-8855, hollenb@bc.edu.
• Dale
Kuehne is an associate professor in the department of politics at St. Anselm
College, a Benedictine school in Manchester, N.H., whose interests include Christianity
and politics. He is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church of
America and is writing a book tentatively called Standing on the Threshold
of an Inconceivable Age: Christianity, Politics and Sexuality in the 21st Century.
Contact 603-222-4108, dkuehne@anselm.edu.
• Phillip
B. Levine is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Economics at Wellesley College
in Massachusetts. He wrote Sex and Consequences: Abortion, Public Policy
and the Economics of Fertility. Contact 781-283-2162, plevine@wellesley.edu.
• Laurence
H. Tribe is a constitutional lawyer and Harvard University law professor
with expertise in abortion and in issues of church and state. He wrote Abortion:
The Clash of Absolutes. Contact 617-495-4621, tribe@law.harvard.edu.
• Alan
Wolfe is professor of political science and director of the Boisi
Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College.
Contact 617-552-1862, wolfe@bc.edu.
IN
THE EAST • Louis
Bolce and Gerald
De Maio are associate professors of political science at Baruch College,
City University of New York in New York City. They have written that the clearest
indicator of voting patterns is religious affiliation, and that the Democratic
Party has become a home for nonreligious people – approximately 15 percent of
the party base. Contact Bolce at 646-312-4416, louis_bolce@baruch.cuny.edu; contact
De Maio at 646-312-4414, gerald_demaio@baruch.cuny.edu.
• Jonathan
E. Brockopp is associate professor of history and religious studies at Pennsylvania
State University in University Park. He edited the book Islamic Ethics of
Life: Abortion, War and Euthanasia. Contact 814-863-1338, brockopp@psu.edu.
• Shaun
Casey is a professor of Christian ethics at Wesley Theological Seminary,
a United Methodist school in Washington, D.C. His specialties include religion’s
role in presidential elections, and ethics concerning peace and war. He says
that to successfully reach religious voters, Democrats must find a “theological
idiom” that reflects the lived religion of the candidate and appeals to particular
faith communities. Contact 202-885-8672, scasey@wesleyseminary.edu.
• Bernard
K. Freamon is a law professor at Seton Hall University in South Orange,
N.J. He specializes in Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic legal history and has
an interest in ethics. Contact 973-642-8827, freamobe@shu.edu.
• Faye
Ginsburg is David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology at New York University.
She wrote Contested Lives: The Abortion Debate in an American Community.
Contact 212-998-8558, faye.ginsburg@nyu.edu.
• Marci
Hamilton is Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at Yeshiva University in
New York. She is a nationally recognized expert on the religion clauses of the
First Amendment and wrote the book God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule
of Law. Contact 212-790-0215, Hamilton02@aol.com.
• N.E.H.
Hull is a Distinguished Law Professor at Rutgers University in Camden, N.J.,
and co-author of Roe v. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American
History. Contact 856-225-6370, nehhull@camden.rutgers.edu.
• Amaney
A. Jamal, an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University, says
she has found that government heavy-handedness has alienated many Muslims since
9/11 not only from government but from their own communities. She has done studies
in New York and Detroit among Arabs and Muslims, particularly regarding their
confidence in police. Contact 609-258-7340, ajamal@Princeton.EDU.
• Harvey
Kornberg is associate professor of political science at Rider University in
Lawrenceville, N.J. He has expertise in abortion politics. Contact 609-896-5365,
kornberg@rider.edu.
• Geoffrey
Layman is an associate professor of government and politics at the University
of Maryland in College Park. He wrote The Great Divide: Religious and Cultural
Conflict in American Party Politics (Columbia University Press, 2001). Contact
301-405-9709, glayman@gvpt.umd.edu.
• Ira
Lupu is a constitutional law scholar and professor at George Washington University
Law School. He says that if religious groups want to engage in partisan politics,
they must separate their political activities from their educational or religious
work. Contact 202-994-7053, iclupu@law.gwu.edu.
• The
Rev. Patrick Lynch,
who is a Jesuit priest, chairs the religious studies and theology department
at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y. He teaches a course on religion and politics.
Contact 716-888-2831, lynchp@canisius.edu.
• Jennifer
Marshall is director of domestic policy at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative
think tank in Washington, D.C., and former director of family studies at the
Family Research Council. She has written widely about Republican support of
moral issues such as abstinence education, defense of marriage and welfare.
Contact media information, 202-675-1761.
• Elizabeth
McKeown is a theology professor at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.,
and co-editor of Public Voices: Catholics in the American Context. Contact
202-687-4516, mck34@georgetown.edu.
• The
Rev. Thomas
O’Hara is a political science professor and president at King’s College,
a Catholic school in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. He can comment on issues of Catholics
and politics, especially in old-line Catholic communities in keystone states
such as Pennsylvania. Contact 570-208-5899, tjohara@kings.edu.
• Hiroshi
Obayashi teaches a course
on religion and politics at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. Contact
732-932-9638, obayahk@rci.rutgers.edu.
• Mary
C. Segers is a professor of political science at Rutgers University in Newark,
N.J. She is active in lay Catholic circles and is widely quoted on issues of
feminism and abortion. Her books include, as coauthor, Faith-Based Initiatives
and the Bush Administration: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Contact 973-353-5105,
segers@andromeda.rutgers.edu.
• Rita
J. Simon is professor of justice, law and society for the school of public
affairs at American University in Washington, D.C. Her numerous books include,
as author, Abortion: Statutes, Policies and Public Attitudes the World Over.
Contact 202-885-2965, rsimon@american.edu.
• Jeffrey
Stout, a religion professor at Princeton University, is the author of
Democracy and Tradition (Princeton University Press, new edition 2005).
Contact 609-258-4485, stout@princeton.edu.
• Robert
Wuthnow is director of the Center for the Study
of Religion at Princeton University and a frequently cited commentator on
the sociology of religion, his specialty. His numerous books include, as editor,
the 2006 Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. Contact 609-258-5545,
wuthnow@princeton.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHEAST •
Alan
Abramowitz is Alben W. Barkley Professor of Political Science at Emory University
in Atlanta and an expert on abortion politics. Contact 404-727-0108, polsaa@emory.edu.
• Stephen
Chapman is a biblical scholar at Duke Divinity School. He examines the use
of the Bible and religious language in contemporary society and defends the
separation of church and state. Contact 919-660-3408, schapman@div.duke.edu.
• Mark
Chaves, as of July 1, 2007, is professor of sociology, religion and divinity
at Duke University. He is an expert on religion in American politics. He was
also the principal investigator for the 1998 National Congregations Study of
1,236 congregations. Contact 919-660-5783.
• David
Dalin is a Conservative rabbi and a professor of history and political science
at Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla. He co-authored The Presidents of
the United States & the Jews. Contact 239-280-1694, david.dalin@avemaria.edu.
• Ferrel
Guillory is director of the Program on Public Life, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. He says Mitt Romney’s religious affiliation is not likely to
be as significant to voters as his stances on moral issues, including abortion
and school prayer. Contact 919-962-5936, guillory@unc.edu.
• Historian
Nathan
O. Hatch is president of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C.,
and his books include, as author, The Democratization of American Christianity.
Contact 336-758-5212, hatch@wfu.edu.
• James
Davison Hunter is LaBrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion,
Culture and Social Theory at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
His books include, as co-author, Is There A Culture War? A Dialogue on Values
and American Public Life. Contact 434-924-6524, jdh6c@virginia.edu.
• Michael
J. Perry is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University in Atlanta
and specializes in the role of religion in politics. Contact 404-712-2086, mperry@law.emory.edu.
• Melissa
Rogers is a visiting professor of religion and public policy at Wake Forest
University Divinity School in Winston-Salem, N.C. She previously served as executive
director of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life in Washington, D.C. Her
expertise includes religion and politics, and separation of church and state.
Contact 202-904-4936, mrogers01@cox.net.
• Steven
M. Tipton is a professor of the sociology of religion at Emory University
in Atlanta. He researches American religion and politics, and the sociology
of morality. Contact 404-727-6333, stipton@emory.edu.
• Robert
Wineburg is a professor of social work at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro
who has looked at IRS investigations of churches for political activities related
to the 2004 presidential election. He is the author of the Faith-Based Inefficiency:
The Follies of Bush's Initiatives. He has been writing comprehensively about
faith-based politics and social services since the Reagan era. Contact 336-334-5228,
bobwineburg@gmail.com.
• J.
David Woodard is a professor of political science at Clemson University
in Clemson, S.C., and author of The New Southern Politics. Contact 864-656-3233,
JUDITHW@clemson.edu.
• David
Yamane is an assistant professor of sociology at Wake Forest University
in Winston-Salem, N.C., and an expert on Catholics in the postwar years. He
wrote The Catholic Church in State Politics: Negotiating Prophetic Demands
and Political Realities, a study of the function of Catholic bishop conferences
in state legislative politics. Contact 336-758-3260, yamaned@wfu.edu.
IN
THE SOUTH
• Ihsan
Bagby, associate professor of Islamic studies at the University of Kentucky
in Lexington, is expert in Islam and its history and practice in North America.
He tracks the growth of Muslim political participation in the United States.
Contact 859-257-9638, iabagb2@uky.edu.
• John
M. Bruce is an associate professor of political science at the University
of Mississippi. He can discuss religion’s intersection with electoral politics,
voting and public opinion, and parties and coalitions. Contact 662-915-7218,
jbruce@olemiss.edu.
• Steven
P. Brown is associate professor of political science at Auburn University in
Auburn, Ala., where he specializes in religion and politics. Contact 334-844-6154,
brown32@auburn.edu.
• 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.
• David
P. Gushee is University Fellow and Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union
University in Jackson, Tenn. He edited Christians and Politics Beyond the
Culture Wars: An Agenda for Engagement. Contact 731-661-5024, dgushee@uu.edu.
• Mark
Hulsether is an associate professor of religious studies at the University
of Tennessee, Knoxville. He wrote Religion, Culture and Politics in Modern
America, due out in 2007. Contact 865-974-2466, mhulseth@utk.edu.
• Penny
Long Marler is a professor of religion at Samford University, Birmingham,
Ala. She has tracked contemporary trends in religious behavior and has written
about the attitudes of young adult Catholics. Contact 205-726-2869, plmarler@samford.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 co-edited Religion Returns to the Public Square:
Faith and Policy in America. Contact 423-425-5202, Bill-McClay@utc.edu.
• Mark Pryor is a Democratic
U.S. senator from Arkansas. He partially credits his election to the advice
of a political consultant who told him to never give a speech without quoting
the Bible. He has said Democrats have trouble with people of faith. Contact
202-224-2353.
• C.
Melissa Snarr is an assistant professor of ethics and society at Vanderbilt
University in Nashville, Tenn. Her interests include Christian political thought
and modern Islamic political movements. Contact melissa.snarr@vanderbilt.edu.
• Paul
J. Weber is a political science professor at the University of Louisville, Ky.,
and is an expert on religion and politics. He says Catholics are swing voters
who can determine the winner of the election. Contact 502-852-3305, paulweber@louisville.edu.
IN
THE MIDWEST
• Laurie
Bagby teaches a course
on religion and politics at Kansas State University. Contact 785-532-0441,
lauriej@ksu.edu.
• David
E. Campbell is an assistant professor of political science at the University
of Notre Dame who has written widely on religion and politics and what motivates
voters to go to the polls. His books include, as editor, the 2007 release A
Matter of Faith: Religion and the 2004 Presidential Election. Contact 574-631-7809,
Dave_Campbell@nd.edu.
• James
D. Davidson is a sociology professor at Purdue University in West Lafayette,
Ind. Davidson can comment on the trends shaping political attitudes and beliefs
of American Catholics. His books include, as author, Catholicism in Motion:
The Church in American Society. Contact 765-494-4688, davidsonj@purdue.edu.
• Kevin den Dulk teaches
a course on religion and politics at Grand Valley State University in Allendale,
Mich., and co-authored Religion and Politics in America: Faith, Culture and
Strategic Choices. Contact 616-331-2991, dendulkk@gvsu.edu.
• Paul
Djupe teaches a course on religion and politics at Denison University in Granville,
Ohio. He co-authored the Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics
and co-edited the 2007 book Religious Interests in Community Conflict: Beyond
the Culture Wars. Contact 740-587-6310, djupe@denison.edu.
• Osama
Siblani is president of the Arab
American Political Action Committee in Dearborn, Mich., which was formed
to consolidate and increase Arab-American voting power. Contact Osiblani@ameritech.net.
• Timothy
R. Johnson is assistant professor of political science at the University
of Minnesota in Minneapolis-St. Paul. His books include, as co-author, Religious
Institutions and Minor Parties in the United States. He wrote the entry
on Roe v. Wade for the Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics.
Contact 612-625-2907, trj@umn.edu.
• Moin
“Moon” Khan is a trustee for the York Township in DuPage County, Ill., and
heads the DuPage Minority Caucus, a coalition of politically moderate, observant
Muslims who hold conservative views on social issues. DuPage County is near
Chicago. Khan says that most observant Muslims object to abortion and same-sex
marriage and so gravitate to the GOP on local issues, although national Republican
candidates are losing Muslim voters because of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle
East. Contact 630-889-0588, moonkhan2006@yahoo.
• Douglas
Laycock, who is Yale Kamisar Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of
Michigan in Ann Arbor – and Alice McKean Young Regents Chair in Law Emeritus
at the University of Texas at Austin – has expertise in the legality of religious
political activity. Contact 734-647-9713, laycockd@umich.edu.
• Gerard
Magill is a professor at the Center
for Health Care Ethics at St. Louis University. He co-edited Abortion
and Public Policy: An Interdisciplinary Investigation Within the Catholic Tradition.
Contact 314-977-6666, magill@slu.edu.
• George
M. Marsden is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University
of Notre Dame. His expertise includes the history of fundamentalism and American
religious and intellectual history. His books include, as author, Religion
and American Culture. Contact 574-631-7319, George.M.Marsden.1@nd.edu.
• The
Rev. John
Putka is a Marianist priest and lecturer in political science at the University
of Dayton in Ohio. His research includes matters of church and state. Putka
specializes in analyzing Catholic voting patterns and believes abortion is a
key issue influencing the Catholic vote. Contact 937-229-3626, John.Putka@notes.udayton.edu.
• The
Rev. Kaari M. Reierson of Chicago is the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s
associate director for studies, the department that formulates the denomination’s
social policy. She also edits the Internet publication
Journal of Lutheran Ethics, which offers religious perspectives on social
issues. Contact 773-380-2894, Kaari.Reierson@elca.org.
• The
Rev. Robert
Sirico is president of the Acton
Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Mich. Contact
616-454-3080, rsirico@acton.org.
• Brendan
Sweetman is a professor of philosophy at Rockhurst University in Kansas
City, Mo., and the author of Why Politics Needs Religion: The Place of Religious
Arguments in the Public Square. Contact brendan.sweetman@rockhurst.edu.
• Paul
J. Weithman is chairman and professor of philosophy at Notre Dame University
and the author of Religion and the Obligations of Citizenship. Contact
574-631-5182, weithman.1@nd.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHWEST
• Robert
M. Baird is a professor of philosophy at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
He co-edited Same-Sex Marriage: The Moral and Legal Debate and The
Ethics of Abortion: Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice. Contact 254-710-7373, Robert_Baird@baylor.edu.
• Ravi Batra is an economics
professor at Southern Methodist University and author of 2007’s The New Golden
Age: The Coming Revolution Against Political Corruption and Economic Chaos.
Batra says journalists should investigate such issues as how political corruption
creates poverty and how politicians exploit religion to get elected and then
adopt policies to benefit themselves and the wealthy. Contact 214-768-1821,
rbatra@smu.edu.
• Clarke
E. Cochran is a professor of political science at Texas Tech University
in Lubbock. He is an expert on religion and politics in America. His numerous
books include, as co-author, Catholics, Politics and Public Policy: Beyond
Left and Right and the 2007 release Church, State and Public Justice:
Five Views. Contact 806-742-2987, Clarke.Cochran@ttu.edu.
• Charles
Curran is Elizabeth Scurlock University Professor of Human Values at the
Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He specializes
in moral theology, social ethics and the role of the church as a moral and political
actor in society. Contact 214-768-4073, ccurran@smu.edu.
• The
Rev. Andrew Greeley is
a prolific author, adjunct professor of sociology at the University of Arizona
in Tucson, and research associate with the National Opinion Research Center
at the University of Chicago. A Roman Catholic priest, his studies focus on
a range of issues facing the Catholic Church. He can talk about whether Catholics
are shifting from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. His books include,
as co-author, The Truth about Conservative Christians: What They Think and
What They Believe. Contact 520-621-3531, agreel@aol.com.
• Allen
Hertzke is professor of political science and directs the religious studies
program at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. His books include, as author,
Freeing God's Children: The Unlikely Alliance for Global Human Rights and
Representing God in Washington: The Role of Religious Lobbies in the American
Polity and, as co-author, Religion and Politics in America: Faith, Culture
and Strategic Choices. Contact 405-325-6421, ahertzke@ou.edu.
• David
Leege is an emeritus professor of political science at the University of Notre
Dame who lives much of the year in Arizona. Leege is a leading expert on Catholic
voting patterns. Contact 520-399-9874, David.C.Leege.1@nd.edu.
• William
Martin is Harry and Hazel Chavanne Emeritus Professor of Religion and Public
Policy at Rice University in Houston. Martin is Chavanne Senior Fellow for Religion
and Public Policy at the James
A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice. His interests include
the impact of religious fundamentalism on politics. He wrote With God on
Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America. Contact 713-348-3481,
wcm@rice.edu.
• Deborah
R. McFarlane is a professor of political science at the University of New
Mexico in Albuquerque. She co-wrote The Politics of Fertility Control: Family
Planning & Abortion Policies in the American States. Contact 505-277-7130,
dmcf@unm.edu.
• The
Rev. Robin
Meyers is a United Church of Christ pastor, syndicated columnist and professor
of rhetoric at Oklahoma City University. Books he has written include Why
the Christian Right Is Wrong: A Minister’s Manifesto for Taking Back Your Faith,
Your Flag, Your Future. Contact 405-842-8897.
• J.
Matthew Wilson is a political science professor at Southern Methodist University
in Dallas whose interests include religion and politics. Contact 214-768-4054,
jmwilson@mail.smu.edu.
IN
THE WEST/NORTHWEST • Laila Al-Marayati, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Glendale,
Calif., is spokesperson and past president of the Muslim
Women’s League in Los Angeles. The organization works to disseminate accurate
information about Islam and women and to strengthen the role of Muslim women
in society. Contact 626-358-0335, mwl@mwlusa.org.
• Marc
Dollinger is a professor of Jewish studies and social responsibility at
San Francisco State University whose interests include separation of church
and state, and Jews and public policy. He contributed an article on Jews and
the Democratic Party to the Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics.
Contact 415-338-3160, mdolling@sfsu.edu.
• Drew
Halfmann is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California,
Davis, and an expert on abortion policies. Contact 510-684-3850 (cell), dhalfmann@ucdavis.edu.
• Michael
Horan is a theologian at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles who
can relate Catholic beliefs to Catholic practice, particularly in the political
realm. Contact 310-338-2755, mhoran@lmu.edu.
• The Rev. Thomas
P. Rausch is a professor of Catholic theology at Loyola Marymount University,
Los Angeles. He can comment on various aspects of Catholic political life, including
efforts to forge bonds with Christian conservatives. He wrote Being Catholic
in a Culture of Choice and edited Catholics and Evangelicals: Do They
Share a Common Future? Contact 310-338-7670, trausch@lmu.edu.
• John
E. Seery is a professor of politics at Pomona College in California, where
one of his areas of specialty is abortion politics. Contact 909-607-2458, John_Seery@pomona.edu.
• The
Rev. Jeffery
E. Sells is rector of St. David of Wales Church
in Shelton, Wash., and the editor of God and Country: Politics in Utah.
Contact 360-426-8472.
• Chris
Soper is Frank R. Seaver Professor of Political Science and executive director
for the Center for Faith and Learning at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif.
Soper’s books include, as author, Religious Beliefs and Political Choices:
Evangelical Christianity in the United States and Great Britain. Contact
310-506-4964, chris.soper@pepperdine.edu.
