Chuck Garriott is the founder and executive director of Ministry to State. In addition to overseeing MTS, he leads weekly Bible studies on Capitol Hill and disciples a number of government workers in the Washington, D.C., area.

Josh Hawley is a Republican U.S. senator for the state of Missouri. He has been outspoken on numerous issues related to religious liberty and free speech. As of 2018, Hawley attended The Crossing Church in Columbia, Missouri. He has said that his legal and political career is a natural extension of his Christian faith. Contact through […]

Aaron Fisher is a Just Security student staff editor and a JD candidate at New York University School of Law. He is also senior notes editor for the N.Y.U. Journal of Legislation & Public Policy. Fisher has interned at the U.S. Department of Defense, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, the U.S. Attorney’s Office (Eastern […]

This edition of ReligionLink provides background on what Christian nationalism is, stories that show how it is influencing politics worldwide and experts to help reporters and readers better understand its heady mix of ideological politics and national identity.

Philip Gorski is professor of sociology at Yale University. He is a comparative-historical sociologist with work on topics such as state formation, nationalism, revolution, economic development and secularization and with particular attention given to the interaction of religion and politics. He co-runs the Religion and Politics Colloquium at the Yale MacMillan Center and is co-author (with Samuel L. […]

Jacob Neiheisel is an associate professor in the department of political science at University at Buffalo. Much of his research focuses on the effects of elite communication on members of the mass public, election administration, and religion in politics.

Exploring religion’s role in the paid family leave debate