Andrew M. Manis is associate professor of American religious history at Macon State College in Georgia. He has written on Christian evangelicals and the culture wars, including the section “Protestants: From Denominational Controversialists to Culture Warriors” for the book Religion and Public Life in the Southern Crossroads Region: The Showdown States (AltaMira Press, 2004).

Read a Nov. 15, 2004, Christian Science Monitor article on how past elections have influenced the culture wars.

Jordan J. Ballor is a research fellow and executive editor at the Acton Institute in Grand Rapids, Mich., which promotes “a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles.”

Tony Perkins is president of the Family Research Council, which works to foster “a culture in which all human life is valued, families flourish, and religious liberty thrives.” He also leads the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, which tracks religious persecution around the world.

The American Family Association, based in Mississippi, promotes conservative Christian values, including traditional marriage. It fights against pornography. Media contact is Cindy Roberts.

Dan Migliore, a professor emeritus of systematic theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and co-author of Rachel’s Cry: Prayer of Lament and Rebirth of Hope, was interviewed about arguing with God in a PCUSA News article posted by Worldwide Faith News.

The American Association of Pastoral Counselors promotes the integration of religion and psychological counseling. It maintains a searchable database of accredited pastoral counseling centers by state. Douglas M. Ronsheim is the executive director.

Read a Dec. 31, 2004, Washington Post article about looking for God in disasters. The article explores theological questions raised by the 2004 tsunami in South Asia.

Nikki Randhawa Haley is a Republican who attends both a Sikh and a Methodist church. She is the Governor of South Carolina.