Samuel D. Brownback is the U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom. He previously served as governor of Kansas, as well as a U.S. representative and senator. 

The Rev. William J. Barber II is pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, N.C., and president of Repairers of the Breach, a national ministry for civil rights and social justice. In 2013, Barber began a campaign on behalf of the poor that instigated “Moral Mondays” — acts of civil disobedience and mindfulness designed to […]

Daniel Bennett is an assistant professor of political science at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark., and the author of Defending the Faith: The Politics of the Christian Conservative Legal Movement.

David French is an attorney, a decorated veteran and a senior fellow at the National Review Institute. He has served as senior counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice and the Alliance Defending Freedom. He is a regular contributor to National Review, where he wrote several columns supporting a Supreme Court decision for […]

Margot Cleveland is a lawyer and an adjunct professor for the college of business at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Ind. She wrote a column for The Federalist, where she is a senior contributor, about why she believes the Supreme Court will rule in favor of Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips — which […]

Eric Kurlander is a professor of history at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla. He is the author of Hitler’s Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich and is at work on another book about religion, science and the Third Reich.

Brad Onishi is a social commentator, scholar and co-host of the “Straight White American Jesus” podcast,  which ranks in the top 50 of politics shows on Apple’s podcast charts. He is the author of Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism – And What Comes Next.

Cal Thomas is a syndicated conservative columnist and author whose work appears in USA Today and The Washington Times, among others. An evangelical Christian, he was vice president of the Moral Majority and has written about their influence on politics. He has called for a moratorium on the building of mosques in the U.S. and […]