first is carl abrahams. he is frequently sought by the media as an expert on religion and american culture. he's the author of two books and "selling the old time religion," 1920 to 1940, and "conservative constraints, north carolina and the new deal." dr. abrams holds three degrees in history. a b.a. from bob jones university. an m.a. from north carolina state university. and a ph.d. from the university of maryland. in addition, he studied at the sobourne in paris, the university of north carolina chapel hill and harvard divinity school. and then dr. jim guth, who is on your far right, is the william r. kennan jr. professor of political science at furman university. he has served as fuhrman's chair as both the university and faculty of science department. and initiated the washington internship program which has sent over 1,000 fuhrman students to washington. dr. guth's recent work assesses the impact of religion on the electoral process and public policy in the clinton, bush and obama administrations. dr.