Pastor Herb Lusk is a former Philadelphia Eagles tailback who is thought to be the first NFL player to kneel and pray in the end zone after scoring a touchdown, in 1977. Since 1982 Lusk has headed the congregation at the Greater Exodus Baptist Church in Philadelphia.

Nicholas P. Cafardi is a leading experts on the Catholic Church’s response to abusive clergy and an expert on canon law. He is an attorney with Cafardi Ferguson Wyrick Weis and Stotler in Sewickley, Pa.

Michael Radu is co-chairman of the Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia. He has studied terrorist groups around the world and is an expert on terrorism and extremism in Turkey.

The U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., does research and training on peacekeeping.

The National Museum of American Jewish History, on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore and celebrate the history of Jews in America. Its purpose is to connect Jews more closely to their heritage and to inspire in people of all backgrounds a greater appreciation for the diversity of the […]

The Jewish Reconstructionist Movement, previously the Jewish Reconstructionalist Federation, contains hundreds of resources based on the values, beliefs and history of Reconstructionist Judaism. It is operated by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Council. Email through the Reconstructionist Judaism website.

Peter A. Clark is professor of theology and health administration, holder of the John McShain Chair in Ethics and director of the Institute of Catholic Bioethics at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He is a Catholic priest, an affiliated scholar-associate at the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University Medical Center and bioethicist for the […]

Donald K. Swearer is a faculty member in the department of religion at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. He is an expert on ecology and Buddhism.

Mark I. Wallace is a professor of religion at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pa. He is the author of Finding God in the Singing River: Christianity, Spirit, Nature, among other titles.