Voices for the Common Good: By Issue
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good's Voices for the Common Good Commentators address reporters, producers, and other members of the media as Catholic faith leaders. Each can speak with authority on different aspects of Catholic Teaching and its proper role in public life on such issues as health care, immigration reform and the environment.
To arrange interviews with the members of Voices for the Common Good, please contact Pat Wheeler at (202) 429-9682 or at pwheeler@catholicsinalliance.org.
David Hollenbach, SJ, Director, Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Boston College
Wed, Feb 27, 2008 — senright
An expert on Human Rights, Religion and Politics, and The Catholic Church, Fr. Hollenbach teaches Theological Ethics and Christian Social Ethics, with research focus in the areas of the common good, human rights, theory of justice, the role of the religion in social and political life, and humanitarian crises and forced migration. He is the author of several books, including The Global Face of Public Faith: Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics, and The Common Good and Christian Ethics.
Rev. Richard Ryscavage, SJ, Director of the Center for Faith in Public Life, Professor of Sociology, Fairfield University
Wed, Feb 27, 2008 — senright
An expert on Immigration and Religion and Politics, The Rev. Richard Ryscavage, S.J., is professor of sociology and international studies and director of Fairfield University's Center for Faith and Public Life. Fr. Ryscavage served previously as national director of the Jesuit Refugee Service/USA. He set up the first program to provide religious coordinators for immigration detention facilities of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. At the national office for U.S. Jesuits, he was the main advisor for international and domestic social issues. In addition, he chaired the humanitarian section of Interaction, the largest coalition of American agencies working internationally. He has represented
David O'Brien, Ph.D., Loyola Professor of Catholic Studies, The College of the Holy Cross
Wed, Feb 27, 2008 — senright
An expert on Religion and Politics and The Catholic Church, David O'Brien is Loyola Professor of Catholic Studies at the College of the Holy Cross. He has written six books on the history of American Catholicism and has served as President of the American Catholic Historical Association.
John Kenneth White
Fri, May 30, 2008 — senright
An expert on Religion and Politics, John Kenneth White is a Professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of several books including The Fractured Electorate: Political Parties and Social Change in Southern New England (1983), The New Politics of Old Values (1988), Still Seeing Red: How the Cold War Shapes the New American Politics (1997), and The Values Divide: American Politics and Culture in Transition (2003). He has also co-authored or edited numerous other books on American politics and the U.S. presidency.