Gregory M. Herek is a psychologist at the University of California, Davis. He is a well-known scholar in the areas of prejudice against lesbians and gay men, hate crimes and anti-gay violence, and AIDS-related stigma.

Repent America is a Philadelphia-based evangelistic organization that works against homosexuality, abortion and evolution.

Janet Porter is the president and founder of Faith2Action, a Christian advocacy group that works to influence politics and legislation. The group is based in Dania Beach, Fla.

Advance USA promotes Judeo-Christian religious values. It is based in Independence, Mo., and maintains a Washington, D.C. office.

This December 2011 research report by North Caroline State University reports on the increase of incidents in which church members ask their religious leaders for financial advice.

Read a December 2011 story published in the Huffington Post about Pope Benedict XVI’s connection between the world economic crisis and the lack of religious faith.

Jim Balassone directs the business ethics programs of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley. The center “brings scholars and business people together to address key ethical challenges and develop best practices for building ethical organizational cultures.”

Russell Reno is editor of First Things, a magazine published by the Institute on Religion and Public Life. He writes regularly on topics such as politics, the economy and religious freedom.