Peter (Petra) Gardella is a retired Professor whose research focuses on Religious Studies. They most recently taught at Manhattanville College from 1983 to 2022. They are the author of five books, including Innocent Ecstasy: How Christianity Gave America an Ethic of Sexual Pleasure and American Civil Religion: What Americans Hold Sacred. Laurence Krute is an independent scholar trained in Linguistics and Anthropology. He has conducted fieldwork with Piaroa, an indigenous language and society of the Venezuelan Amazon, administered a School of Education, and taught a wide range of courses in Education, Anthropology and Linguistics, including courses on Native American religion.