Tim Clydesdale is a sociology professor at the College of New Jersey, where he teaches courses on religion and American culture. He is co-author of The Twenty-something Soul: Understanding the Religious and Secular Lives of American Young Adults.

Reginald Blount is an assistant professor of formation, youth and culture at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.

With gun violence on the rise across America, more faith groups are getting involved in gun control debates.

Pardeep Singh Kaleka is executive director of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee. He’s also a member of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, the site of a 2012 mass shooting. Kaleka lost his father in the shooting.

The Rt. Rev. Eugene Sutton is assistant bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. He was one of three conveners of Bishops United Against Gun Violence, an ad hoc group of around 60 Episcopal leaders. Contact is through Allen Fitzpatrick. 

Katy Rigler is lead pastor of St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church in Richardson, Texas. Her congregation plans to lead a Bible study on gun violence this fall. Contact her using this form.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger is senior pastor for the Faith Community of St. Sabina in Chicago. He helps lead an annual march against gun violence.

Rabbi Jonathan Perlman leads New Light Congregation in Pittsburgh, one of the faith communities attacked during the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting.

Deanna Hollas is the minister of gun violence prevention for the Presbyterian Church (USA.) She coordinates related programming through the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.