James Garlow is an author, historian, senior pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego, Calif., and a co-author of Cracking Da Vinci’s Code: You’ve Read the Fiction, Now Read the Facts (Victor Books, 2004), which has sold 300,000 copies.

Darrell L. Bock is a well known author of over 30 books exploring biblical topics and earned international recognition as a Humboldt Scholar (Tübingen University in Germany), for his work in Luke-Acts, historical Jesus study, biblical theology, as well as with messianic Jewish ministries.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sponsors a multimedia campaign to counter “claims that appear in current popular media” about the life of Jesus and early Christianity called the Catholic Communication Campaign. This organization developed a website, a rebutting documentary for NBC-TV stations premiered on the same weekend as the movie, The Da Vinci Code, and […]

Some Catholics were angry about the portrayal of Catholicism in the book, finding it prejudiced. Linked to the novel’s villains, the organization Opus Dei rebuts at length the book’s characterization of the group and offers speakers about the organization.

The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code by Carl Olson and Sandra Miesel answers the questions of fact and fiction posed by readers of Dan Brown’s novel. This book received attention as a Catholic debunking.

Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. is pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ, a predominantly African-American megachurch in Chicago. He participated in a conference of African-American pastors concerned with the effect of prosperity gospel in their churches. Trinity’s mission statement includes a “disavowal of the pursuit of middleclassness” and commitment to work toward economic parity.

Randy White is the pastor of Without Walls International Church in Tampa, Fla. Services are broadcast on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. White preaches a “reap what you sow” theology but warns that success is nothing without “significance.”

Rick Warren is pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., and author of the best-seller The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?

David Demola is the pastor and founder of Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center in Sayreville, N.J. Financial prosperity is listed among the church’s fundamental beliefs.