Position: Psychiatrist, chairman, Muslim Community Center for Human Services.

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Job Responsibilities: Provide free medical and social services to indigent North Texans through a non-profit organization

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Works Published: Not applicable

Religious Affiliation: Islam

Position: Research Professor of New Testament Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary

Education: University of Aberdeen, Ph.D, Dallas Theological Seminary, Th.D and University of Texas at Austin, B.A.

Job Responsibilities : Teach on hermeneutics, Gospels, Luke-Acts, and Jesus

Civic or Lay Activities: Elder emeritus, Trinity Fellowship Church, Richardson. Serve on numerous boards for various agencies.

Works Published : More than 20 books, including The Missing Gospels and Breaking the DaVinci Code

Religious affiliation: Independent Christian

Position: Vice-President of public policy and community program development, Central Dallas Ministries

Education: Bishop College

Job Responsibilities: Advocacy, supervise Central Dallas Ministries community- based programs

Civic or Lay Activities: African-American Pastors Coalition, member; Southwest Region Industrial Areas Foundation, board member

Works Published: Regular columnist for The Dallas Morning News, Change the Wind blog and guest columnist for various publications

Religious affiliation: Baptist, former pastor, New Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church

Position: Executive Director, Dallas Baptist Association

Education: Baylor University, B.A.; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div. and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Doctor of Ministry

Job Responsibilities: Direct a partnership of 500 Baptist churches in Dallas and Rockwall counties to plant new churches and strengthen existing churches.

Civic or Lay Activities: Trustee, Dallas Baptist University

Works Published: None

Religious affiliation: Southern Baptist

Position: Rabbi, Congregation Kol Ami in Flower Mound; faculty member, University of North Texas Jewish Studies Program

Education: Central New Mexico Community College, ADN in Nursing. University of New Mexico, B.A.; Hebrew Union College M.HL and Ordination

Job Responsibilities: The whole enchilada - administration, teaching, counseling, worship leader

Civic or Lay Activities: Flower Mound police chaplain, serve on the boards of the UNT Jewish Studies Program and the UNT Hillel.

Works Published: The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic, and Mysticism (Llewellyn), and articles appearing in numerous journals.

Religious affiliation : Union for Reform Judaism

Position: Men’s Division Chapter leader

Education: SGI Study Department Graduate Level

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Religious affiliation: Nichiren Buddhist (Soka Gakkailay organization)

Position: President & CEO, The Freedom and Justice Foundation (F&J), a nonprofit that helps Texas Muslims advance public policy and interfaith relationships with Texas Baptists, Catholics, Mainline Protestants and other people of faith.

Education: Scheduled to graduate from California Coastal University this fall

Job Responsibilities: Build a solid, effective communications infrastructure inside the Texas Muslim congregational community.  Also advise policy makers on homeland security policy.

Civic or Lay Activities: Board member, North Texas Islamic Council; Vice president, FBI-Dallas Citizens Academy Alumni Association; board member,  Greater Collin County Pachyderm (GOP) Club and executive committee member, Collin County GOP.

Works Published: Numerous articles dealing with the war on terror and U.S.-Muslim world relations.

Religious affiliation: Muslim, practicing Islam.

Position: President and founder, A.H.E.M., The Hispanic Evangelical Alliance of Pastors of D-FW Metroplex; istian Radio Stations and 4 TV Stations, member of the Alliance; Senior Pastor, Temple Of Power Ministries, Ennis, Texas

Education: Wayland Baptist University, B.A.; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. M.A.

Job Responsibilities : Pastor, director of Temple of Power’s School Of Leaders; conduct radio and television programs on stations and TV Stations affiliated with A.H.E.M..

Civic or Lay Activities: Member of John McCain’s National Hispanic Advisory Board,; advisory team member, The Call, Washington D.C.

Works Published: An Encounter with God; Defining Your Life for Christ; The Foundation of our Faith. The Model of the Twelve

Religious affiliation: Evangelical Christian

Position: Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Melissa, Texas

Education: United States Military Academy at West Point, B.S., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div.

Job Responsibilities: Preaching, leadership and long range planning; also host “Faith Walk with Trey Graham,” daily Bible teaching radio program and “Smart Talk with Trey Graham,” weekly talk radio program

Civic or Lay Activities: Chaplain for Melissa Police Department

Works Published: Lessons for the Journey (America House, 2001) and Light for the Journey (America House, 2004); Freelance columnist for dozens of newspapers, including Dallas Morning News

Religious affiliation: Southern Baptist

Position: President, Morley Publishing Group and Director, InsideCatholic.com

Education: University of Texas-Austin, B.A. Princeton Theological Seminary, M.Div. Emory University, Ph.D.

Job responsibilities: Journalist and publisher of a Catholic media apostolate; duties include writing, editing, development, and media appearances.

Civic and/or lay organizations: Chairman, American Academy of Liberal Education, 1999-2004.Chairman, Catholic Outreach, Republican National Committee, 2001-2004.

Works published: Dr. Hudson is the author of seven books, including Onward Christian Soldiers: The Growing Political Power of Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States (Simon & Schuster).

Religion: Catholic (former Southern Baptist)

Position: Dean and Professor of American Church History, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University

Education: Duke University, B.A., Union Theological Seminary (New York City), M.Div., Drew University, Ph.D

Job Responsibilities: Dean of Perkins School of Theology at SMU; Teach at Perkins School of Theology and in the SMU Ph. D. program in religious studies; and Director of Church Relations for the Office of the University President

Civic or Lay Activities: Member, the Judicial Council of The United Methodist Church; Member, Board of Ordained Ministry, North Texas Conference

Works Published: Methodism in Recovery (Abingdon Press) Sundays in New York (University Press) Editor or co-editor of five volumes; and author of numerous articles

Religious affiliation: United Methodist clergy

Position: Cary Maguire University Professor of Ethics, Southern Methodist University

Education: Northwestern University, B.A.; Harvard University; B.D. and Ph.D.,

Job Responsibilities: Teach ethics courses and do research and writing in the areas of religion and law, religion and politics, and comparative religious ethics.

Civic or Lay Activities: Active Northaven United Methodist Church member; regular teacher at other Dallas churches.

Works Published: Christian Ethics: An Essential Guide (Abingdon Press), Reinhold Niebuhr (Abingdon Press), and Christian Realism and the New Realities ( Cambridge University Press).

Religious affiliation: United Methodist

Position: executive director, Earth Rhythms; writer/editor, Moonlady Media.

Education: Southern Methodist University, BFA.

Job Responsibilities: Create/produce/promote the Winter SolstiCelebration and direct other Earth Rhythms activities, including a spiritual music and lecture series.

Works published: Write and edit books and publications for Moonlady freelance contributor to numerous magazines, newspapers and web sites.

Civic or Lay Activities: Manage Moonlady News llistserve for North Texas, manage national DeathMatters listserve and serve as a hospice volunteer.

Works Published: Several books, including “Spirit Herbs: Simple Recipes for Hibachi Herbal Magic and Sacred Space,” Moonlady Media.

 Religious affiliation: Taoist & Earth-centered spirituality

Position: Senior Pastor Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas

Education: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ph.D and M.Div. ; University of Miami, B.B.A.

Job Responsibilities: Preach, teach and lead a 3,000 member congregation in Northeast Dallas

Civic or Lay Activities: Board of Trustees, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas; monthly columnist for The Advocate community news magazine

Works Published: Numerous articles, columns, and sermons in local and national publications

Religious affiliation: Christian, Baptist (affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship)

Position: Community Volunteer

Education: Harvard University, M.Ed.; Brandeis University, B.A.

Job Responsibilities: Get the job done

Civic or Lay Activities: Executive Committee Dallas Anti-Defamation League;  World Affairs Council board member; American Israel Public Affairs Committee Council Chair.

Works Published: Not applicable

Religious affiliation: Jewish

Position: District Superintendent, Sherman McKinney District, North Texas Conference

Education: Cumberland College, B.S., University of Pittsburgh, M.S.; Perkins School of Theology, M-Div and D.Min.

Job Responsibilities: Supervise, oversee and provide spiritual leadership for the 60 churches and the pastors that make up the Sherman-McKinney District across Collin, Grayson, Fannin, Hunt and Cooke counties.

Civic and Lay Activities: Plano Community Forum member, Wesley Village board member, Prothro Center at Lake Texoma board member

Religious Affiliation: The United Methodist Church

Position: W.C. Brown Professor of Theology, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Education: Brown University, AB; Princeton Theological Seminary, Ph.D and M.Div.

Job responsibilities: Teach, write and preach

Civic or Lay Activities: Teaching in churches nationally  

Works Published: Editor of two books, including Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary (co-editor, Beverly Gaventa) and author of two forthcoming books, and author of numerous articles and chapters

Religious affiliation: Ordained minister, Presbyterian Church (USA)

Position: Dean, School of Ministry, University of Dallas

Education: Ph.D. Catholic University of America, Ph.D.

Job Responsibilities: Administrator, New Testament professor

Civic or Lay Activities: Board Member, Irving Symphony Orchestra

Works Published: The Apostles’ Creed: Articles of Faith for the 21st Century (Washington, DC: NCEA)

Religious affiliation: Roman Catholic

Position: Independent writer/producer

Education: BA in journalism

Job Responsibilities: Self-employed writer for several secular and religious publications, both online and print, and produce videos for corporate clients as well as for religious organizations.

Civic or Lay Activities: Steering committee for Claiming the Blessing, an organization in the Episcopal Church; and board member, Episcopal Women’s History Project.

Works Published: Women of the Passion, A Journey to the Cross; Grace & Gumption and Stories of Fort Worth Women. Produced numerous documentaries, including Voices of Witness: Africa and Freedman’s Cemetery Memorial.

Religious affiliation: Episcopal

Position: Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics, Department of Religion, Baylor University

Education: University of California, Riverside, B.A., Duke Divinity School, M.Div., Duke University Ph.D.

Job Responsibilities: Teaching and Research

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Works Published: The Vietnam War and Theologies of Memory (Blackwell, forthcoming); Foucault and Theology, (Clark International, forthcoming); and various academic articles

Religious affiliation: Baptist

Position: Associate Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University

Education: Louisiana State University, B.A.; Duke University, M.A. and Ph.D

Job Responsibilities: Teach courses on American government, public opinion, and religion and politics; research and write in these same areas; serve on the Faculty Senate and Athletic Council

Civic or Lay Activities: Frequent commentator on elections and religion and politics for local, national, and international media outlets; Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations member.

Works Published: Several works, including From Pews to Polling Places: Faith and Politics in the American Religious Mosaic (Georgetown University Press)

Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic