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Expertise

Our scholars hold expertise on a broad range of areas pertaining to religion and politics, across U.S. history into our own time.

  • Tazeen M. Ali

    Assistant Professor of Religion and Politics

    • Islam
    • Islamic Law
    • Islamophobia
    • Race and Religion
    • Women, Gender, and Sexuality
    Biography
  • Fannie Bialek

    Assistant Professor of Religion and Politics

    • Ethics
    • Gender and Sexuality
    • Political Thought
    • Religious Thought
    Biography
  • R. Marie Griffith

    Director and John C. Danforth Distinguished Professor in the Humanities

    • Abortion
    • Evangelicalism
    • Gender and Sexuality
    • Religion and U.S. Politics
    Biography
  • John D. Inazu

    Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law & Religion and Professor of Political Science (by courtesy)

    • Law and Religion
    • Law and Theology
    • Pluralism
    • Protests
    • Right of Assembly
    Biography
  • Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp

    Archer Alexander Distinguished Professor & Interim Dean and Vice Provost for Graduate Education

    • African American Religions
    • Mormonism
    • Race and Religion
    • Religion in the American West
    Biography
  • Lerone A. Martin

    Associate Professor of Religion and Politics

    • Evangelicalism
    • FBI
    • Freedom of Information Act Law
    • Mega Churches
    • National Security
    • Race in America
    • Religious Media
    • Televangelism
    • Twentieth Century Religious History
    Biography
  • Leigh Eric Schmidt

    Edward C. Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor

    • Atheism
    • Freethought
    • Holidays
    • Humanism
    • Religion and Consumer Culture
    • Religious Liberalism
    • Secularism
    • Spiritual But Not Religious
    Biography
  • Mark Valeri

    Reverend Priscilla Wood Neaves Distinguished Professor of Religion and Politics

    • Calvinism
    • Puritanism
    • Reformation Theology
    • Religion and American Economics
    Biography