James Carroll, Boston Globe columnist, author of An American Requim, Constantine's Sword: the Church and the Jews, and Crusade: Chronicles of an Unjust War.
Bruce Lawrence, professor of comparative religion at Duke University and a specialist on Islam; author of Defenders of God, and several other books that deal with the interplay of religion and ideology in the Islamic world.
Ann Burlein, professor of religious Studies, UNC-Charlotte; has published and continues to do interesting work on the politics of the Christian Right. Among her publications is Lift High the Cross: Where White Supremacy and the Religious Right Converge.
Kenneth Wald, professor of political science and director of the Center for Jewish Studies, University of Florida; a specialist on religion and politics in America, Great Britain, and Israel.
Joe Darby, pastor of Morris Brown AME in Charleston, SC, active in the NAACP and frequent contributor of columns to the State.