Gary J. Adler, Jr. is the Director of Research at the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies and Research Scientist in the School of Religion at the University of Southern California.

Douglas W. Kmiec is the Caruso Family Chair at Pepperdine School of Law. He has served in the Office of Legal Counsel for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and more recently as the U.S. Ambassador to Malta for President Barack Obama.

J. Bryan Hehir
Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Gary J. Adler, Jr.
Director of Research
Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, University of Southern California

Douglas W. Kmiec
U.S. Ambassador (ret.) to Malta
Caruso Family Chair, Pepperdine Law School

Michael Anderheiden
Professor
Institute for Constitutional Law, Theory, and Philosophy, University of Heidelberg

Geoffrey R. Watson
Professor of Law
Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America

Hans Joas
Member, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago
Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion
Theological Faculty, Humboldt University of Berlin

Massimo Franco
Political Columnist
Corriere della Sera

Erin K. Wilson
Director
Center for Religion, Conflict, and the Public Domain, University of Groningen

Stephen Calleya
Director
Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta

"Arguably the most important and worthwhile volume on church-state relations and religion in the public square published in recent years, this book offers multiple and competing expert perspectives on several critical constitutional questions, supplies fresh empirical data on major religious freedom controversies, and spotlights potential common ground on today's most highly contentious issues. For First Amendment scholars, journalists who cover religion, and interested citizens of whatever faith or of no faith, this well-edited and engaging book is truly must reading." --John J. DiIulio, Jr., Frederic Fox Professor of Politics, Religion, and Civil Society, University of Pennsylvania and Former Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

"A superb addition to the growing consensus that requires much more than mere toleration of one another's distinct approaches to an often hidden God. Kmiec and his partners in this dialogue show us how to attain to careful respect for important differences in our approaches to God and to what that means in our daily lives." --Edward McGlynn Gaffney, Professor of Law, Valparaiso University