Mark David Hall, PhD
Senior Research Fellow
Director, Religious Liberty in the States
Mark David Hall is a professor in Regent University’s Robertson School of Government, director of Religious Liberty in the States, and a senior research fellow at the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy. He is also faculty fellow at George Fox University, senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, and senior fellow at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion. Among his many publications are Who’s Afraid of Christian Nationalism? Why Christian Nationalism is Not an Existential Threat to America or the Church; Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land: How Christianity Has Advanced Freedom and Equality for All Americans; Did America Have a Christian Founding? Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth; and Great Christian Jurists in American History.
Our Vision
The Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy envisions democratic societies which affirm the essential role of religious convictions, peoples, and institutions in cultivating free and flourishing communities.
Our Mission
To achieve our vision, the CRCD supports the creation and promotion of high quality scholarship at the intersection of religion, culture, and democracy. Our publications, programming, and resources affirm the importance of religion as a public good for strengthening social bonds and reinforcing foundational freedoms.