The Rev. Richard B. Hays is a professor of New Testament and biblical studies at Duke University in Durham, N.C. He is the author of The Conversion of the Imagination: Paul as Interpreter of Israel’s Scripture.

The Rev. Richard Killmer is executive director of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, a coalition of more than 120 religious groups formed in January 2006. It includes representatives of Roman Catholic, evangelical Christian, mainline Protestant, Unitarian, Quaker, Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh communities.

Christopher D. Stanley is a theology professor at St. Bonaventure University in St. Bonaventure, N.Y. His writings focus on Paul and early Christian society.

The Rev. Frank J. Matera is a professor at the Center for the Study of Early Christianity at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He has written extensively on Paul and the New Testament.

Derek S. Jeffreys is an associate professor of humanistic studies and religion at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He is the author of a 2009 book, Spirituality and the Ethics of Torture.

Darrell Cole is an assistant professor of religion at Drew University. Cole is the author of When God Says War Is Right: The Christian’s Perspective on When and How to Fight, and was a participant in the 2006 First Things online symposium on torture.

Read a May 1, 2009, National Catholic Reporter story about a rally of human rights activists in Washington, D.C., to support a criminal inquiry.

Read a May 5, 2009, Religion News Service story about Richard Land’s statements.

Read a May 6, 2009, Religion News Service story.