Both our politics and the wider American culture are increasingly polarized. Public discourse is often vitriolic, and rhetoric divisive. In such a context, nonetheless, there can still be found the few, but impressive writers who distinguish themselves with their thoughtful commentary on controversial and important topics. This Boisi Center panel brings together several such writers whose area of focus is a topic central to culture and individuals’ worldviews: religion. These writers discussed their insights regarding contemporary discourse on religion, including the challenges that exist for those who desire to engage in thoughtful reflection on provocative topics; as well as present their approaches to these challenges.Rod Dreher is a writer, editor and blogger, who currently writes a regular blog for The American Conservative; Mark Oppenheimer is the 2014-2015 Corcoran Visiting Chair in Christian-Jewish Relations at Boston College; Sarah Posner is an investigative journalist, author, and expert on the intersection of religion and politics; and Alan Wolfe is the founding director of the Boisi Center and professor of political science at Boston College.