Martin Riesebrodt is a sociology professor at the University of Chicago. He has written on fundamentalism in the United States and Iran.

Jerry Root, associate professor of Christian education at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill., co-edited The Quotable C.S. Lewis (Tyndale House, 1990). Root’s master’s and doctoral dissertations were on Lewis, on whom he’s taught courses for 25 years.

Wayne Martindale, an English professor at Wheaton College, is author of Beyond the Shadowlands: C.S. Lewis on Heaven and Hell (Crossway, 2005) and co-editor of The Quotable Lewis (Tyndale House, 1990).

The National Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a Christian organization that focuses on the religious formation of children using the Bible, liturgy and the educational principles of Maria Montessori. It’s based in Oak Park, Ill.

Scottie May is assistant professor of Christian formation and ministry at Wheaton College in Illinois. Her emphasis is on children’s ministry, and her research includes how children come to faith. She is co-author of Children Matter: Celebrating Their Place in the Church, Family and Community.

Regina Schwartz is director of the Institute for Religion and Global Violence at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.

Douglass Cassel is former director of the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University, a professor of law at Notre Dame University and a frequent commentator on human rights issues. Contact 574.631.7895 (office),773-750-5387 (cell).

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Timothy Cannon is principal of Conant High School in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The school sets aside an area for Muslim students’ afternoon prayers during Ramadan.