Charles K. Wilber is an emeritus professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame. His article “Can a Christian Be an Economist?” ran in the spring/fall 2006 edition of the journal Faith & Economics.

Mike Slaughter is lead pastor at Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio, and author of the book Upside Living in a Downside Economy.

The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization is a collection of multiple congregations and faith leaders working to overcome divisions of race and social class in Boston. Contact Larry Gordon, the lead organizer.

Bruce Webb teaches macroeconomics and Christian teaching on economics and the economy at Gordon College in Wenham, Mass.

Ibrahim Warde teaches Islamic banking and finance at Tufts University in Boston.

Radio and TV personality Dave Ramsey is the author of The Total Money Makeover, among other books, and founder of Financial Peace University, a financial education program that churches and other groups use. Contact him through media relations.

Deborah Price is a money coach who writes the blog Your Daily Spiritual Stimulus for the multifaith Web site Beliefnet. She works with a network of 100 “money coaches” who she says are being asked to lead or facilitate programs through local religious groups. Contact her at the Money Coaching Institute in Petaluma, Calif.

The Rev. Gerry O’Hanlon is the author of The Recession and God: Reading the Signs of the Times and is director of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Dublin. Contact through the center.