Atlas of Thoughts  connects the scholars, politicians, jurists, religious figures, journalists, and academics reflecting on Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen and the Hizmet Movement with the audience.

Jane Mauldin

Jane E. Mauldin is a minister at Unitarian Universalist Church. She is a hospital chaplain for many years. She has her Doctorate of Ministry from Meadville /Lombard Theological School, Chicago. Prof.Mauldin was ordained and installed as minister of Second Unitarian in 1982. “We may pray different words, and yet if God calls us to love […]

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Fr. Buddy Noel

Fr. Buddy Noel is a Roman Catholic Priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, in Louisiana. He served as the director of religious education at Holy Name of Jesus Parish. He teaches world religions at Loyola University-New Orleans. He studied physics at the University of South Alabama and worked for the NASA and Marshall Space Centers. […]

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Richard Saxer

Richard Saxer is a retired public school teacher. He has a masters degree in special education. Formerly he worked in adult literacy and with AmeriCorps. He has been part of Community Mediation Center in New Orleans since its founding. Prior to his teaching career, he was an ordained minister in the Episcopal Church. “I’ve heard […]

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Cathie Eustis

Catherine B. Eustis is a teacher of English as a Second Language. She received her degree in Journalism from Loyola University. She worked for several years the Times Picayune in New Orleans. She was the chairman of the Foreign Relations Association of New Orleans. Eustis is a founding member of Atlas Foundation, a non-profit interfaith […]

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Alan Wolf

Alan C Wolf is a lawyer practicing in the area of business and finance. He is experienced in gas and electric utility matters and also practices in the areas of administrative law and energy law. He got JD from University of Alabama in 1971. He is former chair of the Electric Power Committee of the […]

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Bob Mann

Robert Mann is a Professor and Manship Chair in Journalism at the Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University. He is the Director of Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs, Louisina State University. He served as communications director to Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco. He is a political columnist for the New Orleans-Times Picayune […]

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Roxanne Stoehr

Roxanne Stoehr is an instructor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Southeastern Louisiana University. Her research interests include Communication sciences, and Speech-Language Pathology/ Communication Disorders. She holds Masters of Communication Disorders from Louisiana State University. Stoehr is a Co-director of Mindfulness in Leadership Committee at Southeastern Louisiana University. “The Hizmet Movement, to me, is one […]

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Rev. Jim VanderWeele

James VanderWeele is Minister of Community Church Unitarian Universalist, New Orleans. He is a board member of the interfaith community organization Congregations Acting Together. He has received an award that recognizes his outstanding ministerial service and his involvement in interfaith social activist networks. He is interested in the restructuring of our police and courts to […]

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Richard Webb

Prof. Richard Webb is a Professor and Dean Emeritus of the College of Arts and Humanities at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Musicology from University of Cincinnati. He is the Organ Principal of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. He has performed solo concerts and appeared as […]

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