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Julie Roy Jeffrey

Julie Roy Jeffrey is a history professor at Goucher College in Baltimore. She has written about the religious landscape of the mid-19th century in relation to Lincoln’s presidency.

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is charged with caring for American veterans, their families and their survivors. Eric Shinseki has been Secretary 0f Veterans Affairs since January 2009.

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Jim Kanaris

Lecturer in the Religious Studies department at McGill University in Montreal. He studies religious epistomology and is interested in particular in the work of Lonergan.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the nation’s housing agency, charged with increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities, and creating affordable housing. Shaun Donovan has been the Secretary for HUD since January 2009.

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Gary Zola

Gary Zola is an associate professor of the American Jewish experience at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. As part of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission’s celebration, Zola offers a lecture on Lincoln and the Jews that examines how he helped expand their civil rights.

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Lucian Turcescu

Professor and Chair of Theological Studies at Concordia University in Montreal. His research focuses on early Christianity and on the relationship between religion and politics.

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