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One of the leading young theologians in the Southern Baptist Convention, Russell D. Moore, has been named to the editorial board of the national magazine Touchstone, a magazine described by Wilfred McClay as “required reading for thoughtful Christians who yearn to recover the unity of the church.”

Moore is academic dean and senior vice president at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, where he serves as executive director of the Carl F. H. Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement. His widely praised The Kingdom of Christ: The New Evangelical Perspective appeared in 2004. He had been a contributing editor of Touchstone.

When asked about his appointment, Moore said, “Touchstone is a whirling dervish of provocative conviction and ‘caffeinated Christianity.’ It allows real differences among the writers, encourages real thought among the readers, and prophetically calls for real change in the culture. I am blessed to be on the team of my favorite magazine.”

Describing itself as “a journal of mere Christianity," the monthly magazine published in Chicago is concerned to bring the common Christian heritage to bear on contemporary culture and to advancing Christian unity by engaging divided Christians in a common mission.

Moore's colleagues on the editorial board include Robert George, McCormick Professor at Princeton University; constitutional historian James Hitchcock; Orthodox archpriest Patrick Henry Reardon; and historian Wilfred McClay, a member of the board of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Touchstone announces 4 new Contributing Editors
Touchstone is also pleased to announce four new contributing editors. They are:

D. G. Hart, who has taught church history at Westminster Seminary in California, and is currently Director of Partnered Programs at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. He is the author of A Student’s Guide to Religious Studies. Dr. Hart is an elder in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

Gilbert Meilaender, a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics, and a professor at Valparaiso University. He has written many books, including Bioethics: A Primer and The Taste for the Other (on C. S. Lewis). Prof. Meilaender is a Lutheran.

William Saunders, Senior Fellow and the Human Rights Counsel at the Family Research Council. Mr. Saunders is Catholic, and serves as a member of the board of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars.

R. V. Young, professor of English at North Carolina State University and the author of At War with the Word and a scholarly work on seventeenth-century English poetry. Prof. Young is Catholic.

Among the magazine's other contributing editors are Reformed theologian Peter Leithart, family scholar Allan Carlson of the Howard Center, historian Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Phillip E. Johnson, author of Darwin on Trial, cultural critic Frederica Mathewes-Green, and Anthony Esolen, translator of Dante for the Modern Library.

The magazine’s website address is www.touchstonemag.com.

For more information, please contact:
* the editor, David Mills, at 412.741.8843 or davidmills@touchstonemag.com, or
* the business director, Geoff Battersby, at 773.481.1090 or battersby@touchstonemag.com

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